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It is not the same thing, but some people learn to switch between analytical and creative activity. I am many more could, if they tried hard enough.. Of course,
by alfredallan1 8y ago
It is not the same thing, but some people learn to switch between analytical and creative activity. I am many more could, if they tried hard enough.. Of course, there’s no recipe for how to learn this sort of thing which makes it a lot harder.
- creep 8y agoTrue. I go through phases like this. For two whole weeks I will write (creatively) and draw, and then I usually find there is a day or two when I can't seem to do much of anything useful besides menial tasks and watching stupid videos. Then I go through another two weeks of analytical stuff-- reading, catching up on work (programming and mathy stuff), and doing planning for my writing. I can control it, if necessary in a day. The urge to do one thing or another is an intense "mood" for me (which, like I said, normally has a two-week period). This indicates some kind of synchronization, so if I want to switch I use musical triggers: airy, melodic music for creativity, and beat-heavy, algorithmic music for analytical activity. I only need to listen to the music for a few minutes to switch, and of course it sometimes doesn't work but I don't know of any other triggers. Possibly going out for a short walk could do it too? Meditation?