
Professional organizers often refer to this role as a “body double,” someone whose role in the cleaning process is only to talk the cleaner through it. “They’re just there to keep them anchored to the task,” Blumer explains. “If they start to walk away, if the phone rings, we say, ‘That’s okay, they can leave a message.’ Body doubles don’t give any judgements, and don’t participate in the task unless they’re asked.”
I’m a huge advocate of writing in the morning. Science clearly shows that the brain is most readily creative immediately following sleep. Your subconscious never sleeps, and is always engaged in figuring out your problems and making key connections. As Thomas Edison said, “Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious.”
…HL. I do not subscribe to the mantra that one writes when one is inspired. I think that’s a cop out. If one is truly a writer, they write regardless of whether they feel like writing or not — because writing, just like everything else in life, requires practice in order to master.