yep this is why I feel it can be so easy to have unhealthy habits - night time is definitely the most peaceful time when you can get left alone, but the temptation to substances is far greater....David wrote:In terms of getting into the zone it can happy at anytime, when i'm happy, when I'm sad. Normally its an unconcious thing that just happens. However, one thing that makes me get in the zone more is when its night time. Most of the tunes I've decided to keep I've made late at night, usually between the hours of 11pm to 3am. Everyone else has gone to bed and the world is asleep.
Shit, I could have written that! Geekier admin/tech/internet things by day, creative things by night. Aaah, so it's not just me, that is a relief because it is annoying how genuinely concerned or judgemental people have been about my sleeping habits - as if it should matter to anyone else anyway! I have the same 24 hours, I just start them in a different place.forge wrote:yep this is why I feel it can be so easy to have unhealthy habits - night time is definitely the most peaceful time when you can get left alone, but the temptation to substances is far greater....David wrote:In terms of getting into the zone it can happy at anytime, when i'm happy, when I'm sad. Normally its an unconcious thing that just happens. However, one thing that makes me get in the zone more is when its night time. Most of the tunes I've decided to keep I've made late at night, usually between the hours of 11pm to 3am. Everyone else has gone to bed and the world is asleep.
i find during the day I often end up doing more geeky or internetty things and it's not usually till night time I get really creative
Moonburnt wrote:Shit, I could have written that! Geekier admin/tech/internet things by day, creative things by night. Aaah, so it's not just me, that is a relief because it is annoying how genuinely concerned or judgemental people have been about my sleeping habits - as if it should matter to anyone else anyway! I have the same 24 hours, I just start them in a different place.forge wrote:yep this is why I feel it can be so easy to have unhealthy habits - night time is definitely the most peaceful time when you can get left alone, but the temptation to substances is far greater....David wrote:In terms of getting into the zone it can happy at anytime, when i'm happy, when I'm sad. Normally its an unconcious thing that just happens. However, one thing that makes me get in the zone more is when its night time. Most of the tunes I've decided to keep I've made late at night, usually between the hours of 11pm to 3am. Everyone else has gone to bed and the world is asleep.
i find during the day I often end up doing more geeky or internetty things and it's not usually till night time I get really creative
Actually, some of my most productive times have been when I have taken this to extremes, running on a 36hr cycle, not sustainable for very long, but it has proved to be useful quite often, and I must have gained a few "bonus days" like that. Some people like mornings and good for them, but I ain't one of them! But maybe I am just subconsciously conforming to the non-conformist muso stereotype
you are a fellow gemini after all are you not?? )Too right mate!night time is definitely the most peaceful time when you can get left alone, but the temptation to substances is far greater....
Yep, it is true, the nightime does bring its temptations. Last weekend I had a little too much wine and kind of got carried away with my posts here, which you look back later on and say - why did I write that!forge wrote:yep this is why I feel it can be so easy to have unhealthy habits - night time is definitely the most peaceful time when you can get left alone, but the temptation to substances is far greater....David wrote:In terms of getting into the zone it can happy at anytime, when i'm happy, when I'm sad. Normally its an unconcious thing that just happens. However, one thing that makes me get in the zone more is when its night time. Most of the tunes I've decided to keep I've made late at night, usually between the hours of 11pm to 3am. Everyone else has gone to bed and the world is asleep.
i find during the day I often end up doing more geeky or internetty things and it's not usually till night time I get really creative
Jealousy? Well there's an angle i hadn't thought of. I certainly find 9-5 workers are under the slightly misinformed opinion that being self-employed, I can just chill out and be lazy cos there's no boss watching over me, when the reality is more the opposite.forge wrote:it's just with musos there's so many hours you have to put in with no timesheet or invoice you can hand in for alot of it so it's often totally derided by most out in the 'real' world! because it's often hard for others to accept (plus I also think there's a bit of jealousy!
agreed, while its nice to have the gotten rid of the stress of having to take orders, the stress of having to provide for yourself 100% is just as bad, and sometimes worse.Moonburnt wrote: I certainly find 9-5 workers are under the slightly misinformed opinion that being self-employed, I can just chill out and be lazy cos there's no boss watching over me, when the reality is more the opposite.