Posted by Luke in I have discovered something about my brain. If I work too hard on mentally strenuous tasks for too long my head reaches a point where it will refuse to cooperate with me. I will sit down to write and it will say back to me, ‘no asshole, put the pen down I have had enough.’ I have actually found myself more productive when I do mundane tasks during the down slopes, and the ‘heavy’ stuff during the upslopes. One time I started doing odd things when I worked too hard. For example, making a coffee and putting the sugar straight in the bin or drinking the milk before putting it in. Or how about waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to go back to sleep, how about that one?
I had pushed through the burn as they say and found that at the end of the road, even if I wrote something, it was crap. Yes, more crap than usual and I would have to write the whole damn thing again from scratch.
Take it from me… don’t overwork your brain.
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Luke,
I discovered the same phenomena with me -a purely identical case! I fall into a sleepy mood and nothing is able to wake me up,even my rarely guilty consciousness.Since you mentioned it some time ago that you will give yourself a try in writing Ala, Hemingway,please take into account if you don’t balance both female and male thoughts like a combination in that great head of yours you are not able by definition to produce sensible texts of value.You can trust me on this one, since I learned it from Ellias Cannetti (The Power of the Crowds). Take care and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with your family!Hugs for your daughter who had a Birthday recently.Both young ladies are true princesses but should take care and love their Daddy,even more than salt(King Lear).
Thanks for the advice Mike. Hope you had a good Christmas and hopefully are still enjoying the break!