Could I work async?

The next frontier after remote work is async

Pieter Levels - an indie maker who’s known for Nomad List or MAKE - the bootstrapper’s handbook - just recently wrote about working async.

➗ I'm starting to notice a divide between people that work async vs not

😙 Async ppl can book fun activities throughout the week and get the lowest prices for hotels, restaurants, etc

😤 Sync people are stuck w/ the weekend and pay the highest prices for overcrowded venues

— ؜ (@levelsio) March 24, 2021

He shared his thoughts on Twitter (as usual - thanks for that!) and elaborated it further on his blog. The biggest advantages according to him (and I can definitely agree to some of them) are…

• if you work async, you can work at the most optimal times for you.
• if you work async, you’re unrestricted by time zones and can live wherever you want in the world
• maybe the biggest superpower of an async work life means you can do everything outside of peak hours.

Am I able to work async?

It got me thinking if me - working in a “normal job” and not being self-employed or indie-hacking - could work (at least a bit) async.

1. I am able to work remotely (and already did that a few times for several weeks/months, e.g. my last staycation after 40+ days).
2. And (theoretically?) I should be flexible enough to switch e.g. one day during the week to the weekend. That’s probably not async as Pieter defined it but it would give me still some advantages, e.g. doing stuff outside peak hours. I’m lucky enough to work quite independent on my projects and therefore I’m already able to tailor my day to my needs. I can make a several hours lunch break and catch up in the evening if I’d like to enjoy the nice spring weather during the day.

So why shouldn’t it be possible to e.g. move Monday to Saturday or Friday to Sunday? I’d still deliver my work as needed and would have time for some deep work on the weekend when nobody disturbs me. And I’d be able to enjoy free time when (almost) everybody else is working.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and if anybody of you (who’s not their own boss) tried something like this.