My creative energy levels seem very cyclical - sometimes I write a lot, other times not really at all. Sometimes I knit to have something to do while watching television, other times I'm knitting in every spare moment and designing in my head and wanting to cast on ALL THE THINGS. Sometimes I read voraciously; other times it's all I can do to keep up with Twitter and my feed reader. (I used to read voraciously all the time. Now, I still read a lot but not many of the things I read are books.)
I think some of it is just the energy of being a grownup, your creative energy starts to pace itself. Maybe your brain is resetting from all the creative work you were doing before - creative burnout is a thing, and it's why I don't do NaNo any more.
I heard on the radio that not being able to concentrate in the summer is actually a real thing that science has confirmed. It's called "cognition attrition."
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Date: 2013-07-18 03:37 pm (UTC)I think some of it is just the energy of being a grownup, your creative energy starts to pace itself. Maybe your brain is resetting from all the creative work you were doing before - creative burnout is a thing, and it's why I don't do NaNo any more.
I heard on the radio that not being able to concentrate in the summer is actually a real thing that science has confirmed. It's called "cognition attrition."