Today’s daily prompt is called Because the Night and it asks;
Are you a night owl or are you the early bird? What’s your most productive time of day? When do you do your best work?
I’m a bit of a cross-bird, (not an angry bird mind you) but a mixture of a night owl – and kookaburra! – and the early bird that gets the worm! Now, that’s a crazy mix I know.
I enjoy early mornings when my mind is refreshed and a new day is yet to begin, but I think that generally I do my best creative writing late at night when most of the others in my household are tucked up in bed. Strangely enough, this is when I feel energised.
The creative juices get flowing and for some reason my mind feels free to escape, to remember, to create and unleash its wonders. It helps when I go outside too, when I breath in that fresh night air and gaze up at a sky full of stars. And a moon when it’s full or even just peaking through the clouds.
Or maybe it has something to do with the laughing kookaburras that have taken up residence in our backyard. Yesterday I went outside and found two of them sitting on my car.
They looked ready to travel. I wonder if they’re trying to tell me something.
Out an' About 
Are you sure they are owls? Not sure what they are, but I’m pretty sure they are not owls. At any rate, glad you are writing, I am still a night owl, but my favorite time to write has turned out to be the morning. I write all day long at different times but always, that’s what my mornings are devoted to, even though I don’t go to bed until 2 to 4 a.m.
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You’re quite right, the first guy is a kookabuura, the second is the bird that got the worm! And it’s kookaburras that have taken up residence. Looks like the laugh’s on me! At any rate I generally write whenever I can squeeze in a bit of time. Thanks for dropping by and setting me straight!! 🙂
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And thanks for jogging my mind. I should have recognized a kookaburra! I spent a year and a half in Australia. It looked so familiar, but I couldn’t remember what it was.
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How funny. Well, at least we’ve both been enlightened. 🙂
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I am definitely a night owl when I have the freedom to sleep when I want, lol. Those birds look like they’re waiting for a ride. 😀
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Yep, they do, don’t they?
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Another cross bird saying Hi!!!
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I think there’s a few of us cross birds out there!
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Yes! and good thing is we know that 🙂
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I can’t stop scribbling notes these days at any time. Even washing dishes seems to prompt ideas, then it’s a rush to dry the hands and write it down before the ageing mind forgets it! Love the kookas.
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You almost need a voice recorder that you can speak into. My problem is waking up in the middle of the night with ideas and not being able to write them down.
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Well said! These birds are really up for going out somewhere. But do you have any idea where?
Life would have been much better if we could talk to them 🙂
That night time energy thing is very much relatable.
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Talking to birds – now that’s a pretty interesting thought!
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I became a night owl when my kids were teens, and I haven’t been able to adjust back to earlier hours ever since!
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I know what you mean. I’m in the same boat.
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I am definitely a cross bird too… At night my brain ends up running wild, accepting ideas and different paths of thinking. I get some ideas that i myself see as ‘not ideal’ in day time. Night has its own magical effects. Maybe this Makes me a bit creative too.. 😀
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Thanks so much for reading. Yes, night time has it’s own brand of magic for me when it’s so still and thoughts and inspiration comes easier.
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I love your I’m a cross bird. I love your photos also. I’m a cross bird also. Great job.
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Thanks so much 🙂
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Like you, I do both. But I definitely prefer the night. There’s something contemplative and almost mystical about the darkness. Doing creative work during the small hours allows me to tap into some of that.
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So very true. In fact as I write this it’s dark outside and very still. Lends itself to creative thinking. Thanks for commenting.
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