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How I Keep the Procrastination Monster at Bay

Using a simple reward system that you may already know.

Len Morse
5 min readMay 9, 2020
Photo by Rhema Kallianpur on Unsplash

“Go to bed!”

Spouting these words to me too many times was probably what gave my mother her first gray hairs a handful of decades ago.

I couldn’t help it. Like most pre-teen kids, if I wasn’t tired at bedtime, the dynamic duo of Brain and Imagination found reasons for me to stay up and play with a toy. Or maybe read. Yeah, I was supposed to go to sleep, but sleep was boring. Besides, my action figures were dying to go on another adventure!

My night owl brain was spreading its wings.

And I know I’m not alone. You ever feel your most creative, most awake, most alive after the sun goes down? I feel you, my night owl sisters and brothers!

If you think better and tend to be at your most productive after sunset, welcome to what I call the “Night Owl Club.” Sure, you and I and plenty of others can get stuff done during the day, but you’re not alone if you feel a kinship with Guys and Dolls character Sky Masterson: “My time of day is the dark time.”

If you get enough sleep and give your brain and body the fuel they need to stay sharp, does it really matter what time of day you’re most productive, focused, or creative?

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Len Morse
Len Morse

Written by Len Morse

The Halloween Channel owner | Happily childfree musician, proofreader, swing dancer, animal rights supporter, movie buff, and grammar policeman.

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