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            <h2>What if you are too tired to Write?</h2>
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    </div><p id="7ffc">It was immediately clear to me that I should follow my own advice. I had written this article because I knew from my personal experience how effective it could be to take a nap in between. I just hadn’t needed it for a very long time, because I was always very energetic during the last weeks.</p><p id="7131">Today was the time to remember what had often saved my day in the past.</p><p id="a71e">So I lay down on the sofa in my study, set the timer of my mobile phone to twenty minutes, and closed my eyes.</p><figure id="ff8f"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*iD3XBrx35b86Wf_e"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@adigold1?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Adi Goldstein</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p id="3f71">I’m not sure if I really fell asleep or just dozed off. But I remember that after a few minutes, my mind started to unplug, and I allowed thoughts to rise from my subconscious randomly.</p><p id="b698">I knew that I was not allowed to think about the current problem that I had to solve, because that would have destroyed the relaxation.</p><p id="63cc">At some point, a small, unimpressive idea suddenly appeared that had to do with my book. I didn’t try to hold on to it, but relaxed further and trusted the process.</p><p id="a1d4">If my subconscious were ready, it would give me the idea I needed. I believed in that very strongly.</p><p id="befc">After twenty minutes the alarm on my mobile phone went off and I opened my eyes. I got up, stretched, and went out onto our terrace for five minutes to breathe fresh air.</p><p id="c70f">As I stood there and looked at our new f

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lowers, the idea suddenly came to me. I immediately went back to the computer and finished the scene I had failed to finish earlier.</p><p id="99db">From that moment on, everything went very smoothly again. I reached my goal for the day half an hour late, but I reached it.</p><p id="d8ba">How was that possible?</p><p id="845e">The lack of sleep prevented my brain from functioning normally. When we are overtired, we find it hard to do things that are otherwise easy for us.</p><p id="aecf">To solve this problem, I simply needed some sleep. So with the nap, the main problem was solved.</p><p id="6040">It’s one thing to theorize about how helpful a nap can be, but I’ve seen the effect today, and I’m writing about it first hand.</p><p id="7141">I hope I could convince you to try a nap yourself if you get stuck on your next writing project.</p><p id="31a3">But even when we’ve had a good night’s sleep, sometimes we don’t believe we can find the idea we need so badly right now.</p><p id="3e07">If lack of sleep is not your problem, but lack of confidence in your creativity, then I suggest you read on here:</p><div id="5676" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-magic-box-against-writers-block-f3482652646b"> <div> <div> <h2>The Magic Box Against Writer’s Block</h2> <div><h3>Sometimes when writing, you come to a point where it doesn’t seem to go any further. This is called writer’s block, and…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*FF1vqo1lj91XzExI)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="254e"><a href="https://readmedium.com/d855be749e6c?source=post_page-----834577ca2b4a----------------------"><b><i>René Junge</i></b></a><b><i> a published author writing on <a href="https://medium.com/illumination">ILLUMINATION</a>.</i></b></p><p id="a8b1"><b>Do you want more of this?</b></p><p id="2e24"><b>Receive weekly emails, and don’t miss any of my articles.</b></p><p id="6de1"><b>subscribe here <a href="http://bit.ly/ReneJunge">http://bit.ly/ReneJunge</a></b></p></article></body>

A Nap For Your Creativity

How I Benefited Enormously From A Twenty-Minute Nap Today

When I was working on my next book today, I suddenly got stuck. My energy was exhausted, and the plot didn’t get ahead. What do you do in such a situation?

Yesterday I went to bed much too late. My wife and I talked for a long while and simply forgot the time. Such evenings are a significant enrichment for our relationship, but for my productivity the next day, little sleep usually means nothing good.

My alarm clock rang at six o’clock, like every morning. When I got up and went into the kitchen to make coffee, I already noticed that I had not gotten enough sleep.

Of course, I went to work anyway. I don’t eat breakfast until eleven o’clock in the morning, because I’m currently doing interval fasting again. This way, I can start my working day very early, which means I can get off early in the afternoon.

My goal was to write 3000 words for my new thriller by noon. At the moment, I’m working on the outlines for the individual scenes. So I’m in the plotting phase.

In the first hour, I made quite good progress, but I was slower than usual. Then I got to a point where I didn’t know what to do. The plot was just developing towards the climax of the middle section of the novel when I realized that I lacked the brilliant idea for this part.

I thought hard and walked around the apartment to activate the flow of ideas. Most of the time, this method is quite good, but today it didn’t work out. I was already exhausted anyway, but the hard thinking made it worse very quickly.

I remembered an article I had written some time ago.

What if you are too tired to Write?

As full-time authors, we sit alone at home when we have our daily work to do. We have deadlines to meet and daily goals…

medium.com

It was immediately clear to me that I should follow my own advice. I had written this article because I knew from my personal experience how effective it could be to take a nap in between. I just hadn’t needed it for a very long time, because I was always very energetic during the last weeks.

Today was the time to remember what had often saved my day in the past.

So I lay down on the sofa in my study, set the timer of my mobile phone to twenty minutes, and closed my eyes.

I’m not sure if I really fell asleep or just dozed off. But I remember that after a few minutes, my mind started to unplug, and I allowed thoughts to rise from my subconscious randomly.

I knew that I was not allowed to think about the current problem that I had to solve, because that would have destroyed the relaxation.

At some point, a small, unimpressive idea suddenly appeared that had to do with my book. I didn’t try to hold on to it, but relaxed further and trusted the process.

If my subconscious were ready, it would give me the idea I needed. I believed in that very strongly.

After twenty minutes the alarm on my mobile phone went off and I opened my eyes. I got up, stretched, and went out onto our terrace for five minutes to breathe fresh air.

As I stood there and looked at our new flowers, the idea suddenly came to me. I immediately went back to the computer and finished the scene I had failed to finish earlier.

From that moment on, everything went very smoothly again. I reached my goal for the day half an hour late, but I reached it.

How was that possible?

The lack of sleep prevented my brain from functioning normally. When we are overtired, we find it hard to do things that are otherwise easy for us.

To solve this problem, I simply needed some sleep. So with the nap, the main problem was solved.

It’s one thing to theorize about how helpful a nap can be, but I’ve seen the effect today, and I’m writing about it first hand.

I hope I could convince you to try a nap yourself if you get stuck on your next writing project.

But even when we’ve had a good night’s sleep, sometimes we don’t believe we can find the idea we need so badly right now.

If lack of sleep is not your problem, but lack of confidence in your creativity, then I suggest you read on here:

The Magic Box Against Writer’s Block

Sometimes when writing, you come to a point where it doesn’t seem to go any further. This is called writer’s block, and…

medium.com

René Junge a published author writing on ILLUMINATION.

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