For a long time, I’ve learned to go to bed with a chapter running in my head. First, it helps me go to sleep. Secondly, it makes my mind work, and in the morning, especially if I go right into the shower, ideas bubble to the surface for what I need to do next. Or where I need to go back and change events.

Then I came across this article containing a study about the very thing I do.

https://studyfinds.org/drowsiness-enhances-creativity

That in between time before you go to sleep, and the same in the morning before you wake is ripe for creativity. It’s a matter of training yourself to use it.

And if you read last week’s missive from me, the study says to train yourself to record the information either on a notepad by the bad or having your phone handy, set to instantly record when you need it. Apparently Paul McCartney used this method for his work.

“…as we hover between sleep and wakefulness, the conscious mind is barely active. For a brief period, our mental boundaries are permeable, and there is a chance creative insights and ideas will flow through from the subliminal mind. …this is why creativity is often associated with relaxation and idleness.”

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