Find the hours when you are actually good
An analysis of when you do your best work, from your own patterns, so the schedule fits the brain
- Runs while your laptop is closed
- Reports in Littlebird and by email
- Free plan includes 5 routines
Your best work happened from 9:00 to 11:30 AM, especially on Tuesday and Thursday.
- Mornings: Tuesday and Thursday had no meetings before noon, and most of the Sparrow & Sons report was written then.
- Afternoons: after 2:00 PM, your work came in short stretches between meetings, mostly email and quick reviews.
- Suggested: protect 9:00 to 11:30 AM on more days, and keep meetings in the afternoons.
The problem
Everyone carries a folk theory of their productivity: 'I'm a morning person.' The calendar says otherwise, and the 10pm heroics keep proving it, but the schedule never updates.
Your real pattern is written in your week: when deep work happened, when meetings drained you, when the good hours got spent on email.
What it does
This routine analyzes your patterns over time and tells you when your best work actually happens: the hours, the days, the conditions.
Then it is your move: put the important work where the good hours are, and watch the same effort produce more.
Try the prompt
Copy it into a new Littlebird routine, then set the days and times that fit your schedule
- Open Littlebird and go to Routines. Open the menu next to New Routine and choose Set up manually.
- Paste the prompt into Instructions, then set the days and time under Run.
- Littlebird runs it on schedule from then on. You can pause or edit it anytime. Auto-pause is on by default and pauses it if reports go unread.
You can also choose Create with Littlebird and describe the routine in chat.
Every Sunday analyze my work patterns this week and tell me when I seem to do my best work
Why make it a routine?
Ask a chat when you do your best work and it guesses from whatever you typed. It has never seen your week.
This routine has. It reads the calendar and screen context already in Littlebird, so the answer comes from when deep work actually happened, not from the folk theory.
It runs every Sunday on its own, and the pattern sharpens the longer it runs.
Frequently asked questions
How long until the pattern is real?
A couple of weeks gives a usable signal; it sharpens the longer it runs.
Does it judge how I work?
It reports, not judges. The point is matching your schedule to your own rhythm, whatever it is.
Can it suggest schedule changes?
Yes. It names the slots worth defending and the ones worth surrendering to meetings.
What is billed each month?
Nothing on the free Basic plan, which includes routines. Plus is $17 a month billed annually or $20 month to month once its 14-day trial wraps up.
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Put Littlebird to work
Littlebird is free to start, and your routines also work on the web, iPhone and Android
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