I feel most productive at the beginning of a project. That’s when I get things done.

It would appear that my copy/paste edits are pretty sloppy. My writing is bad enough already, sorry about that.

When do I feel most productive? The question seems to expect an answer that suggests a specific time or circumstance. For example:
“I feel most productive late in the morning, after I am fully awake, but before lunch.”
or …
”I feel most productive in my workshop, where I have access to all my own tools.”

However, my answer for when I feel productive is only meant to be understood sequentially, as in “the beginning”, “the middle” and “the end”.

I feel most productive at the very beginning of a thing. I have an optimistic outlook at the start of a project, when I have not yet realized that there is a fundamental flaw in my plan, and supply chain issues have not yet crippled production.

Later, when I am muddling through all the logistical problems which inevitably crop up right in the middle of whatever it is I’m doing, I don’t feel very productive.

Near to the end of a project, just before what I might call the home-stretch, I’m usually feeling drained. I feel like I’m moving in slow motion and the project will never be complete. That’s certainly not a feeling of productivity.

It feels good to reach the end, but in the beginning things get done.