When is your favorite time of day to create?

[dividedbyblue]

Three weeks for Dreamwidth: When is your favorite time of day to create?

The evening, always. There is something about the evening and the night that calms me, relaxes me, and puts me in a mood in which I can create more easily. In some way, I sometimes find daytime to be stressful, even when I have days where I’m at home and don’t really have tasks/responsibilities.

I remember when I was in college, we had our most important art project at the end of the final year. I was in a rough situation at home with my parents, and the days felt as though they were constantly full of stress. I couldn’t work. I knew I had to complete the project, and felt that everything became more relaxed in the evening, so I decided to change things up and work at night (from 7 pm to 7 am) each day (we had some time off from lessons to complete the project). Then I went to sleep and woke up in the afternoon. I took care of some things and got ready to start again at 7. It was a crazy routine, but it worked. I was relaxed and completed the project. I passed. Fun fact: I often listened to Edith Piaf’s music while working on that particular project. It somehow fit with my mood at that time.

Comments

[dividedbyblue]

Thanks for your interesting and lovely answer

Thank you <3

I, too, sometimes suffer from a feeling of depression in the morning. It often has nothing to do with what I have to do that day, but more with a sense of vulnerability that I can’t seem to cope with at that time. It eventually passes, luckily.

Creating things to help you get over morning depression seems like a very powerful thing to do!

[kitarella_imagines]

I think with me it's blood sugar. It's low in the morning so I've learned to eat something as soon as I get up. As my blood sugar rises, I feel happier. I eat some food, then do some writing or work, then do the other tasks of the day.

I hadn't thought of it as creating to get over morning depression, I like that idea!

[dividedbyblue]

I hadn’t thought of maybe blood sugar playing a part in it. Interesting. I’ll try to check that, if eating helps to let it pass more quickly. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[kitarella_imagines]

My blood sugar is very very unpredictable so I have to eat very regularly or I tend to faint. So I learned that way 😫

I hope my advice helps you.

[dividedbyblue]

I’m sad to hear that, doesn’t sound easy :( Thank you for sharing your experience <3

[kitarella_imagines]

Thank you, it's hard to get help from doctors unless you push and push, I have found.

🌼🌺🌻🌸

[dividedbyblue]

Yes, sadly, sometimes doctors don’t seem to understand some things. For instance, if what you have is a bit more uncommon. I’ve also had issues with that in the past. Sometimes you really have to stand your ground for them to take you seriously :( Wishing you the best <3

[kitarella_imagines]

Yes, they like a named condition don't they, not a vague bunch of symptoms. Thanks 😊