This is the last day of the long weekend. I initially planned to go to Divisoria but forego of it because my daughter's yaya is yet to arrive. I woke up at 3AM, slept a few minutes more, and really got up at 4:45M.
Whenever I wake up early on a non-working day, I feel so alive. This is the time that I really get to catch up with my "personal" chores. With a cup of coffee latte, I checked my office emails, sent a calendar invite, updated my Twitter background, and now writing this blog entry.
I remember a favorite college professor of mine who said that he is writing at his best from 3AM-5AM, when the world is quietly snoozing. Rolly Fernandez, a journalism professor in UP Baguio and bureau chief of the Philippine Daily Inquirer in Northern Luzon, finds the early hours of the day he's most productive. He checks student test papers and writing samples; reviews articles sent by reporters; and writes his stories at this period.
While he told us that this simple formula may not work for all, he encouraged us to practice writing the morning. For a time, I found it so hard... not the writing itself but just waking up. Studying in the cold city of Baguio, snoozing is my number one productivity foe, and favorite hobby at the same time.
A few attempts but I still found myself snoozing on pile of papers and even the typewriter, with a blanket wrapped all around me. I didn't take his advice to heart, and ended up with a mere passing grade of 2.25, 1 being the highest. Blame it to the alarm clock? hahaha
Only nine years later that I learned that writing the early morning does work.
As a mother and a corporate employee juggling multiple roles, the early morning has become the precious time to nourish the writer and artist in me... on top of other personal tasks. Sure I can write at any given time -- when clients are already nagging me to beat the deadline :)
But maybe it's the quietness of the world, the cold light air, the gentle sound of the trees and the wind, the dawn before the sunrise... maybe all these things are the simple ingredients that make a perfect environment for any writer's mind to perform in utopia.
Do you agree? You may want to give it a try :)
Whenever I wake up early on a non-working day, I feel so alive. This is the time that I really get to catch up with my "personal" chores. With a cup of coffee latte, I checked my office emails, sent a calendar invite, updated my Twitter background, and now writing this blog entry.
I remember a favorite college professor of mine who said that he is writing at his best from 3AM-5AM, when the world is quietly snoozing. Rolly Fernandez, a journalism professor in UP Baguio and bureau chief of the Philippine Daily Inquirer in Northern Luzon, finds the early hours of the day he's most productive. He checks student test papers and writing samples; reviews articles sent by reporters; and writes his stories at this period.
While he told us that this simple formula may not work for all, he encouraged us to practice writing the morning. For a time, I found it so hard... not the writing itself but just waking up. Studying in the cold city of Baguio, snoozing is my number one productivity foe, and favorite hobby at the same time.
A few attempts but I still found myself snoozing on pile of papers and even the typewriter, with a blanket wrapped all around me. I didn't take his advice to heart, and ended up with a mere passing grade of 2.25, 1 being the highest. Blame it to the alarm clock? hahaha
Only nine years later that I learned that writing the early morning does work.
As a mother and a corporate employee juggling multiple roles, the early morning has become the precious time to nourish the writer and artist in me... on top of other personal tasks. Sure I can write at any given time -- when clients are already nagging me to beat the deadline :)
But maybe it's the quietness of the world, the cold light air, the gentle sound of the trees and the wind, the dawn before the sunrise... maybe all these things are the simple ingredients that make a perfect environment for any writer's mind to perform in utopia.
Do you agree? You may want to give it a try :)
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Yes Ms. Jen, It does work. Been doing this since 3rd year college. nyoks! Maybe because all the fresh ideas come during early mornings? I dunno. hehe. :D
ReplyDelete(We can also call this, procrastination sometimes. kasi wala ng time gawin ng gabi, madaling araw nalang. Go crammers! hehe!)
Thanks Marrie. :) It works for crammers and early risers :)
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