Comments on: so what time do you get up?

By: jason

jason — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:18:26 +0000

Jackie,

You always continue to impress me. You’re very passionate with everything that you do. I’m still trying to understand my life rhythm and it’s been getting to me as of late. Thanks for always putting things into perspective for me and keeping it real. Stay driven!

By: jackie sheeler

jackie sheeler — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:50:53 +0000

i’m almost always up before the clock, though i do keep one turned on. and YES coffee is the very first thing on my agenda!

you can learn how to play guitar. i just picked it up a few years ago, and while i’m not a very good player (yet, there’s always hope) it’s a huge amount of fun. never too late to start, i took my first lesson in my forties.

By: jackie sheeler

jackie sheeler — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:48:59 +0000

don’t fight your rhythms! you can always change your morning pages into evening pages and make them work for you that way. it’s a great practice, i did the artist’s way several years ago and got a lot out of it. i especially liked making “artist dates” with myself.

By: Collin

Collin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:07:54 +0000

I’m a nightowl. Can’t stand the mornings. I have to be at work by 9ish and I’m always sleeping until 8:30. My best work happens late at night. 4 a.m. means nothing to me. lol

By: cyndi dawson

cyndi dawson — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:00:46 +0000

I HATE mornings, but have to get up early due to a teen daughter who needs an explosion to wake up. I’m cranky, she’s cranky….and it’s not good for being creative. The afternoon is my best alone time for writing so I try and do a couple of hours then, in between pub runs and everyday errands. Late night is my most creative time, but it also means little sleep. I also don’t have a normal job- I can do what I need to do on my own time unless the pub demands otherwise (like holidys, parties, etc.) Last year, when I worked full time (plus) in real estate I was miserable because I STILL had all the things I needed to do and my writing suffered miserably and so did my sleep. I’ve come to the conclusion that schedules just don’t work well with me. I get more accomplished when I tell myself when to get things done.

By: Bette O'Callaghan

Bette O'Callaghan — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:36:05 +0000

Luckily I only work part-time and start at 5:00PM so I have the best of both worlds. Stay up quite late, sleep in till 10 or 11AM and spend hours on arising writing, smoking cigars and drinking coffee. I find that I am stressed by the time I get home form work at 9:30ish and by the time I have dinner, usually 11PM… I just want to wallow in my own time. If I were working full time I could only write on the weekends, I am not an early morning person.

All my life I have read books voraciously, people always say I wish I could read more, I don’t have the time. Much like you… I always responded ‘there are people who like to read and there are people who love to read, the latter always make the time… who cares if the bloody house is dusty.