It’s generally accepted we need around 8 hours of sleep daily. But who says we should sleep at night or all in one chunk. Varying your sleep cycle can help you find more time in your day and put more creativity in your work.
Look at it this way: The majority of your distractions occur between 9am and 9pm. Why? That’s when the majority of your time zone is awake. By working a bit later or getting up a bit earlier, you get more uninterrupted hours.
You might even consider sleeping during the day and working at night. Chances are your job/wife/kids wouldn’t prefer that. So why not take a short nap during the day and wake up for an hour or so at 2am and work?
Some people even go as far as practicing polyphasic sleep. You’ve probably heard of this from the show Seinfeld, but some people actually don’t sleep 8 hours a day. Instead, they take short naps. The Uberman Sleep Cycle, for instance, is six 30-minute naps taken at regular intervals throughout the day. That’s only 3 hours/day!
I’m not espousing polyphasic sleep, but don’t feel bound to the traditional concepts of sleep. Experiment a bit. Change up your sleeping patterns and see what that does for your creativity.
Great thought. It’s funny how creatives naturally have complications with conformity. All the way from design, decor, fashion, arrangements to the patterns in our sleep. Very interesting. By the way there’s a typo on paragraph 2. just looking out. Blessings.
ooh…thanks. fixing it now 🙂
Awesome bro. Peace
Great thought. It’s funny how creatives naturally have complications with conformity. All the way from design, decor, fashion, arrangements to the patterns in our sleep. Very interesting. By the way there’s a typo on paragraph 2. just looking out. Blessings.
ooh…thanks. fixing it now 🙂
Awesome bro. Peace
How frustrated am I…a creative being who has been diagnosed with excessive daytime sleepiness. By the way,what kind of diagnosis is that?! Regardless of what they call it, I fight to stay awake all the time just in case I come up with a good idea. Oh well…maybe it will come to me in my dreams. Good night.
Eeek. Good luck! I say just keep a moleskin by your bed and dream away. You can write it down real quick when you wake up from a dream and nap some more. 🙂
I do exactly that! It's actually an Alicein Wonderland leather dream journal. Conscience or not…I will get those ideas on paper. 🙂
How frustrated am I…a creative being who has been diagnosed with excessive daytime sleepiness. By the way,what kind of diagnosis is that?! Regardless of what they call it, I fight to stay awake all the time just in case I come up with a good idea. Oh well…maybe it will come to me in my dreams. Good night.
Eeek. Good luck! I say just keep a moleskin by your bed and dream away. You can write it down real quick when you wake up from a dream and nap some more. 🙂
I do exactly that! It's actually an Alicein Wonderland leather dream journal. Conscience or not…I will get those ideas on paper. 🙂
Just found your blog. Very fun! Look forward to all the inspiration!
Nice! I see you've been exploring 🙂 I hope it doesn't disappoint. 🙂
Just found your blog. Very fun! Look forward to all the inspiration!
Nice! I see you've been exploring 🙂 I hope it doesn't disappoint. 🙂