Morning People vs Night Owls
I’ve often read that one of the best times to write — or do anything creative — is in the morning right after you wake up. There’s supposedly something about your brain chemistry at this time that makes the ideas flow more freely.
But I’m not a morning person.
Well, let me clarify that. I don’t want to be a morning person. I have to be because of my ‘real job’, but if I had my way, I’d sleep until 11 a.m and go to bed around 1 or 2 a.m.
In fact, I think that I’m often more creative at night. As a cartoonist, I often come up with ideas late at night and I’m writing this at close to 9:30 p.m. Of course that’s probably more of an indication that it’s Saturday night and I have no social life than it is of me being more creative at night.
So I did a little Googling and found an interesting study from the British Psychological Society that seems to indicate that night owls tend to be more creative, independent and non-conformists.
What say you? Are you more productive and creative in the morning or at night?
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008 at 7:24 pm under
I’m a morning and night owl.
I’m up early usually by 3:00. That’s when I do most of my writing. During the regular morning hours, I devote to my regular business, and I hunt for other freelance jobs.
I’m productive at night I’m usually hanging with my four-year old daughter. A few days ago I attempted to complete an article while she was awake that didn’t go over well, lol.
Interestingly enough the past few weeks I’ve been dreaming about writing my articles. Upon awakening I rush to my MacBook Pro and write down some of the information from my dreams.
January 5th, 2008 at 7:40 pmI’m pretty useless in the morning and in the early afternoon. Actually, there’s like this window of about two or three hours where I’m any good, and if I actually accomplish anything, I usually need a nap afterwards. LOL!
January 5th, 2008 at 7:52 pm