There is research that confirms your intuition, but mostly because it taxes cognitive energy reserves. Even if you can do it quickly or time-box it, it leaves you less able to do hard things. Look for papers by Roy Baumeister, or the book he co-wrote, "Willpower".
You want to start by building cognitive reserves and then use them on something that requires it.
For me, that means working out at 6-7am. But, I think you need to figure it out for yourself.
Yeah that makes sense. I feel like I am most productive if I touch email twice a day.
Also attacking the hardest thing that I have to do between 9am - 11am seems to work well. I have more energy to get it done. Maybe that has to do with waking up at 7, who knows.
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For me, that means working out at 6-7am. But, I think you need to figure it out for yourself.
Also attacking the hardest thing that I have to do between 9am - 11am seems to work well. I have more energy to get it done. Maybe that has to do with waking up at 7, who knows.
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