The Siesta Developer
Split your day around a real siesta and get a second, sharper wind for evening code.
By Diego AlvarezUpdated
Overview
A shorter night and a real afternoon nap, built for hot climates and people who do their best thinking twice a day. The morning is one long deep-work stretch, then a big lunch and a 25-minute siesta break the day in two. Meetings and the rest of the work run into the early evening, followed by strength three nights a week and side-project coding on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Dinner is late, the Spanish way, and bedtime is 11:30. Weekends keep a long Saturday run, an evening with friends, and a slow Sunday of language practice and family. What you'll learn: that two good halves can beat one long, flagging day, and how a short nap resets your focus for the evening.
Who's it for
At a glance
- 6 hr 30 min sleep per night
- 42.5 hr work per week
- 4 meals per day
- 16 hr eating window
- 4.5 hr learning per week
- 5.5 hr movement per week
- 7 hr play per week
Sleep
49 hours/week6 hr 30 min per night30 min nap
- Every day11:30 PM → 6:00 AM· 6 hr 30 min
- Siesta1:30 PM · 30 min· Every day
Work
42.5 hours/week8 hr 30 min a day4 hr 30 min deep work1 hr 30 min meetings2 hr 30 min other
Nothing on Weekends
- Deep work9:00 AM → 1:30 PM· 4 hr 30 min · Weekdays
- Meetings3:00 PM → 4:30 PM· 1 hr 30 min · Weekdays
- Work4:30 PM → 7:00 PM· 2 hr 30 min · Weekdays
Eat
20 hours/week4 meals8:16 eating window3 hr eating
- Breakfast6:30 AM → 7:00 AM· 30 min · Weekdays
- Snack7:00 PM → 7:30 PM· 30 min · Weekdays
- Dinner9:30 PM → 10:30 PM· 1 hr · Weekdays
- Lunch2:00 PM → 3:00 PM· 1 hr · Weekdays
- Breakfast6:30 AM → 7:00 AM· 30 min · Weekends
- Dinner9:30 PM → 10:30 PM· 1 hr · Weekends
- Lunch2:00 PM → 3:00 PM· 1 hr · Weekends
Off
Learn
4.5 hours/weekCoding 7:30 PM
Nothing on Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat
- Tue, Thu7:30 PM → 9:00 PM· 1 hr 30 min
- Sun10:00 AM → 11:30 AM· 1 hr 30 min
Move
5.5 hours/weekWalk 7:00 AMStrength 7:30 PM
Nothing on Sun
- Walk7:00 AM → 7:30 AM· 30 min · Mon, Wed, Fri
- Strength7:30 PM → 8:00 PM· 30 min · Mon, Wed, Fri
- Walk7:00 AM → 7:30 AM· 30 min · Tue, Thu
- Run8:00 AM → 9:30 AM· 1 hr 30 min · Sat
Play
7 hours/weekVideo games 10:30 PM
Nothing on Tue, Thu, Fri
- Mon, Wed10:30 PM → 11:00 PM· 30 min
- Sat5:00 PM → 9:00 PM· 4 hr
- Sun11:30 AM → 1:30 PM· 2 hr