Adeline, I’m so glad this post has helped. And thanks for buying “50 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block and Procrastination.”

Here’s to both more sleep and more writing!

The other important thing for writers: discovering your “sweet spot” time window when you’re most creative and able to write. When I had a day job, I would write before and after work and it was usually a slog. Sometimes I would sit down knowing that I only had an hour or two, yet I would feel completely blank and drained. Now, I can start around noon and write for six hours straight. That’s my time, and my efficiency during those hours is insane.

Bonita, I’m so glad you found a good solution to your sleeping problems. Proper diet is important to so many aspects of our health, including good sleep.

I found it completely impossible to accomplish much of anything writing-related during that time.

This summer, after seeing many different doctors over the years, I met with a nutritionist who put me on a mostly gluten-free, sugar-free, preservative-free, vegetarian-ish diet. Within a few weeks I was sleeping 6-8 hours a night and I rarely have a night now where I sleep less than 6 hours. Plus, I find it easier to go back to sleep if I do wake up.

I share this in hopes that it might help someone else who has a sleeping disorder. Sleeping habits were not the issue with me because I could curb those. Insomnia is something entirely different, a beast that won’t be tamed.