Late Nights and You

I've realized something this week. I've always known I did my best work at night, esp when I am home. During the day there are simply too many distractions. I've got the dog scratching at my leg because I'm not paying enough attention to her, my parents stop by to bug me about something, etc.

Thanks to this I've ended up doing the vast amount of my writing/blog entries/etc after 12:30 AM or so. This week I've discovered I actually get more done (and do a better job, I think) when I've got a multi-task on the go.

I'll be talking on MSN, posting on the Spacecast.com message boards, surfing websites and listening to some music all while writing. This basically prevents me from getting stuck and having to either A) force myself past the spot in an awkward fashion or B) giving up and moving on to a different activity.

In fact last night was my least productive night of the week and it partly due to the fact there was nobody online and very little traffic on the Space boards.

So apparently distractions are only a bad thing if I have no way of regulating them.