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I like the second option better, too.
I'm certainly going to try to be a Rationality Tim Ferris, but I have a ways to go.
Eliezer is still hampered by the cognitive exhaustion problem that he described way back in 2000. He's tried dozens of things and still tries new diets, sleeping patterns, etc. but we haven't kicked it yet. That said, he's pretty damn productive each day before cognitive exhaustion sets in.
For what it's worth, that sounds virtually identical to a problem psychologists have told me is ADHD. (I also had a catastrophic school attendance failure in seventh grade, funnily enough.) Adderall has unpleasant side-effects but actually allows me to sit down and work for eight or ten consecutive hours, whenever I want to. Not perfectly, but the effect is remarkable.
I think prescription antidepressants also tend to have a similar energy-boosting effect.
I've observed the same problem and solution as well.