Is the afternoon good for anything?

(You can also watch on YouTube- How to Use Your Afternoons)

Ugh! The good for nothing afternoon. You want to do nothing but lie down and doze off. There is a best time to do everything. We know mornings are awesome and it’s the best time to do difficult things. We peak somewhere before 2 or 3 pm and then there’s a crash. Then comes the dreaded afternoon.
But, hold on. The afternoon has something great going for it. Notice how you can muster great ideas in the shower? Or, before sleep at night, when you are just changing sides frequently, trying hard to sleep? There’s a reason for this. These are the times when the brain switches to the diffused mode of thinking.
As Barbara Oakley points out in her outstanding course- ‘learning how to learn’, diffused mode is when we are less focused but able to make connections to a wider range of knowledge. In other words, this is when your creativity goes up. So, get busy with that paint brush, or your favorite fountain pen. Maybe strike on the keyboard, or perhaps your guitar strings. Whatever your creative path is, the afternoon is a great time to have an adventure there. Don’t do mentally taxing things in this time-period. It may not be the best time for you to study, research or code in Python. But it’s great if you want to write jokes for your next standup.
In a sense, the afternoon is a gift. This is when the Goddess of creative muse comes down from her throne and smiles at us!