Yes, Period Brain is a Thing

Hello, darklings.

This guy also interferes with my writing.

Mercies, but menopause is looking good right now.

Because you know what can make writing difficult besides noise, overtime, and depression? The gush of hormones that prompt your uterus to rip its lining apart. 

Men, you are not exempt. While your chemical cycle doesn’t have as obvious of markers, you still have them. So, like, those three days out of the month where your brain is “How do words?” Yeah, that’s your time of the month where your chemistry drops low in its usual ebb and tide.

It’s irritating, but that’s why it’s also good to allow yourself a week where you minimize your creative load some in anticipation of this cycle. For me, those are the days meant to consume entertainment rather than create. 

Now, it’d be much handier if the days were predictable. I’m certainly not alone in that frustration. 

Also, mind you, this is not an excuse to NOT work on your stuff. I can still do research, note things, study grammar tips, dip my toes into other muse pools, and so on. The idea is to minimize the expected work load during these low swings—not eliminate entirely. 

We simply cannot allow excuse after excuse to interfere with our dream, the words and art we want to share with the world. We work around our obstacles. We don’t use them as a reason to give up and forever procrastinate. 

But wanted to let you know, bloody corvids, that period brain is a legit thing, and you should plan around it accordingly. 

Write hard, flock!