I do my creative work in the afternoon.
I do my intellectual work at night.

I used to think there was a way I could put my creative work on hold for an extended period of time. But that led to difficulties. It led to me to conclude that I was pretending to understand a foreign language all the way along.

I have no difficulty putting my intellectual work on hold. But that is what I am trained to do. So I do it. I am a skilled practitioner. I diagnose philosophical problems.