Comments on: If You Want To Be Productive, Go To Sleep!

By: Leanne Sowul

Leanne Sowul — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:34:00 +0000

In reply to MK. I totally agree! I DO wake up early to write my novel, but I go to sleep early too! I'd rather get sleep than watch TV at night.

By: Leanne Sowul

Leanne Sowul — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:33:00 +0000

In reply to Sara Letourneau. That auto-shutdown sounds like a great habit, Sara! I'd encourage you to try it again. It's hard to make myself go to bed early, but when I picture myself at 5:15AM, dragging myself to the writing desk, I know I have to make it happen.

By: Sara Letourneau

Sara Letourneau — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:05:00 +0000

This post couldn’t have been scheduled at a better time. I haven’t been sleeping well since I came home from Writer’s Digest Conference last week… and the fact that I’m dealing with multiple (external) sources of stress right now isn’t helping that bit. So I really appreciate you writing about how importance sleep is for writers and other creatives (and people in general). And in case you’re wondering, I decided this morning that tonight will be a night off from the WIP to focus on self-care.

You made an excellent point about willpower being lower in the evening than at any other time of the day. Sometimes I end up lingering on the computer too long, then shutting down and getting ready for bed 30 to 45 minutes later than I’d originally planned. What I need to do is set stronger limits for myself, and maybe reprogram a forced nighttime shutdown of my laptop. I did that a year or two ago, and it worked really well. Not sure why I stopped it, though…

By: MK

MK — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:25:00 +0000

This is so important, thank you! The number of times I’ve seen advice that goes like, “Wake up early and write your novel,” or “Stay up late and write your novel”–if you have the time, by all means, but you should never sacrifice your health for your writing!