Earlier morning or late evening?

My first meeting of the day was 6:00 am. My last meeting of the day will be wrapping up around 11:00 pm (doesn't mean my day is done, but at least meetings are wrapped and I can get some work done now).

Which got me thinking, this is too long day from first meeting to last meeting. Early start days is one thing. Late evening days is another. But the combo of both is where I start to struggle.

So what do most people prefer, starting their day early (and ending decent time) or going late in to the night (but getting a decent sleep)?

I definitely prefer to go late in to the night. I'll work until 1:00 am, 2:00 am, 3:00 am any time, if that means I can sleep in until 8:00 am or later (or at least until after 7:00 am).

Thoughts? I need some WSO conversation to get me through this last hour of meetings (huh, what, yes I'm paying full attention to this call).

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