Sometimes when I stay up late doing something creative I end up getting this very comforting feeling about the future. A sort of certainty that everything will work out in the end and that luck happy coincidences will always be on my side. If I had this sort of confidence throughout the day, I would live a much more pleasant and relaxed life. Since it makes me forget about all the hurdles I am grappling with in life, it makes excited about the future once again (like I was in my early teens before all the new responsibilities started weighing on me), and makes me want to go out there and live life to the fullest.
Does anyone else experience this feeling as well? It’s always gone by the morning but if I could internalize it it could be life changing. Do you have any idea how?
Easy. Just never go to sleep and do your thing, then you’re always staying up late doing something creative.
Nah but seriously, might I guess that what’s happening in the mornings is that you can’t “do something creative” and instead have to go work in some day job? I don’t think it’s possible to not be annoyed/pessimistic about being forced into doing something you don’t want.
I’ve personally tried “not thinking”, training myself to let negative thoughts go, and that helped massively. But the only thing that prevented those thoughts popping up in the first place is getting rid of the thing that’s actually causing those, i.e. I’m basically not working anymore.