Why I’m ready to move back to the east coast

Now that I’ve lived on the west coast for a few days, I’m quickly realizing what the toughest part of this is — the time zone.

I’m a night owl, so I figured it would work out great since 3AM on the east coast is only midnight on the west coast. What could possibly go wrong with this plan?

Well, let me tell you — going to bed at 3AM on the east coast is the same as going to bed at… 3AM on the west coast. And going to bed at 3AM on the west coast is the same as going to bed at 6AM on the east coast. And therein lies my problem.

When I lived on the east coast sleeping in till 10AM wasn’t a big deal, since it’s only 7AM on the west coast. When you’re sleeping in till 10AM on the west coast, it is a big deal, because it’s 1PM on the east coast.

How do you west coasters handle this problem? Do all of you get up early, completely ignore time zones, or something completely different?

But it’s okay, I have a brilliant, fool-proof plan. Starting tomorrow I’ll get up at 5:30AM every morning, go to the gym, and start my day by 7:30AM. What could possibly go wrong?

Why can’t we all be more like Gary, getting up at 5AM, having four full time jobs, and being married all at the same time?

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bmvaughn Guest

Who cares what the East Coast is doing? Just live your life man :)

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Vinny V Guest

*peace, ** to a

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Vinny V Guest

As late nights are almost unavoidable regardless of where in the world we are, I'd just work on whatever you have to work on (blog stuff) until 3-4-5am PT and then immediately publish it (or set it up). That way your ETers can wake up to it. Then you can crash in piece and come back to post full of comments. Thinking that you would be able to wake up at 5:30am PT and immediately get to writing about news and promos (ET morning news/promos, that is) is just silly.

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Jetstream007 Guest

Ben, I live on the West coast and my clients are in Central Europe. Yes, 9 hours time difference. I found that the key is to make sure your clients know what to expect en when you will be replying to their mails. 3 hours is easily manageable. Just don't try to stay on the east coast clock, if you do that you'll never adapt. Nice bonus: at the end of the day you are really finished! Enjoy Seattle, nice city. I prefer Nevada, cause of the weather!

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Dan Guest

get up at 5am, work for a while, take a nap, work some more, finish the day. Easy peasy. You can hit the mountains in the morning and be at the beach (although cold and rocky) in the afternoon. Try that in the midwest or east coast!

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