In an instant, your brain refuses to work. Despite your best effort, you cannot finish out the mental and creative task you set out to complete this evening.
You feel frustrated but slowly pack things up.
It is in this moment your brain catches up. You are the one that put yourself into this situation.
The night before, you only got 3 hours of sleep.
Lack of sleep has impaired your cognitive function.
You recently started making a real effort in improving your creativity. The creative outlet you have decided to tackle is writing. You’ve had experience in writing and thought it would be an easy ability to fire back up.
The first few days everything went as well as you thought it would. Things that you write might not be as dynamic as you want it to be at some day, but it’s pretty decent.
The day before your cognitive collapse, you thought it would be amazing to sleep…
…until 2 p.m.
You’ve done this in the past and had no trouble getting to sleep later that night. Not this time! You don’t get to sleep until 3 a.m.
Lack of sleep negatively impacts your cognitive functions.
Your find yourself thinking back to something your teachers always told you before a big test. Get plenty of sleep the night before a big test and eat a good breakfast.
According to the Sleep Foundation, “Without sleep, the brain struggles to function properly.”
They go on to state, “The existing research
strongly supports the notion that poor sleep detracts from effective thinking.
Without quality sleep, people are more likely to make errors, fail to take in
new information, suffer deficits in memory, or have impaired decision making.”
In the quest to complete creative goals, it’s important to perform at your
best. There are several suggestions to improve your performance and to bring
your “A” game.
• Design a creative space
• Schedule your activities when you are at your best
• Learn from the work of other creative people
Perhaps the best suggestion to guarantee better performance is to get a good night’s sleep.
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