I can't sleep

Written across 24+ hours of insomnia starting at 4:43 a.m. McKeany walks through his side-sleeper's clogged-nostril rotation, mouth-taping (learned from Jonny Miller's Nervous System Mastery course), and his lifelong identity as a night owl. After years of guilt about late-night writing, a therapist's question — do you actually believe creativity only flows in the morning? — let him embrace the truth that the sun's position has nothing to do with the work.