
Originally Posted by
Sweet_Sadie
X-posting this. If you read this in the "General Questions" thread, then skip over. But I'm posting this here because I know you guys can related to 'health issues:'
1. Although mornings would be the best time for me to do shows, I'm just not a morning performer. For one, I often have insomnia, and because I have health issues, I need to make sure I'm getting all of my sleep, as much as possible. And even if I get a good night of sleep, my personality just isn't there in the morning.
2. I like doing mornings so that I can work on other things in the afternoons. Also, there's less competition for me to deal with in the mornings. But working mornings only allows me a couple of hours before it becomes dead/crickets. SM goes dark pretty much around lunch. Never tried mid-afternoons.
3. I often wake up in a state of anxiety. No matter if I make lists (I do), I wake up feeling incapable and my brain goes frozen.
4. Mornings are just the best time for me to do exercise, meditation, errands, shit that's just best to do in the mornings, especially if I need to leave home this time of year because it's fucking HOT outside. Example: I don't like doing grocery shopping in the afternoons because I like my food to be as cool/cold as possible. It's so hot where I live, even if I'm riding in a car, the food could spoil on the way home (I fear). Like...I put cold foods in insulated bags EVEN riding in a car!
5. I've tried evening shifts before...different crowd. The guys were more demanding, more assholish. They seem to be a bit more tame in the mornings. Also, there's less of a chance of my being clocked out outted by working in the mornings...because the people I live around are working in the mornings.
(Vent/rant/whining over)
Now...does anyone else find that mornings are JUST NOT their jam? I know in order to be half-decent at this (I'm still in the apprentice phase, as I call it), I need to be at my best, inside and out. But as I've established, mornings aren't the right time for me. I gotta figure this out so that I can earn! Too much at stake, financially. But my mind is telling me....save mornings to do the things that I know work best for me to do in the mornings. Errands. Personal care. Making clips. Side hustles. Shit like that. Save camming for afternoons/early eves, but I'm afraid I won't make money during those times.
I'm a hot mess right now, I know. Empathy and compassionate input is welcome, please.
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