I was reading a book titled "How to find your one true love" by Bo Sanchez. Okay, that's besides the point - I don't think I need any self help on love. What I wanted to point out was a paragraph that struck me - in sum Bo said never to make decisions when you're too happy or depressed as you will most likely make the wrong decision.
I drew a parallel to the art of writing as a profession. Usually, writers are "in their game" when they are inspired - either in their most melacholy of states or their happiest of moments. So is it true then that the best time to write is when you're sober? This is the time when you aren't on a high or low. You are just at peace with the rest of the world and drawing the Writing Zen out of that state is prudent and moderated.
I learned though that answering interviews in such states may be detrimental as you may get overly excited and say something you really should not have said.
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