Success, parts 5-6-7.

Set a timer.

Now, I'm usually not a procrastinator.  I love my work and I love to organize; those two things fit together very nicely, thank you.  But faced with a whole day to do whatever kind of work I want?  I dither.  I resort to list-writing.  I snack.  That was my day on Monday:  a little of this, a little of that, but not a whole lot of anything.  So on Tuesday, I set the timer.  You've got 2 hours to work on this project.  Then 2 hours for this one.  A deadline is not a bad thing.  (It also helped that I started my day with exercise and companionship.)

Keep a journal. 

This year I'm pondering:  What is success?  What does it mean to thrive?  I've started a journal so I can jot my ideas down as they come to me.  I'm also giving some serious thought to working through The Artist's Way.   A friend in the Magic Wand Collective leads an Artist's Way workshop, but I may just start in with the morning pages now.  Tomorrow!

Pay it forward.

I'm trying to figure out how I can get more flat-out creative time into every single day.  I'm thinking of adding The Brilliant Idea Hour to my daily schedule:  an hour set aside each day to work out whatever brilliant idea I can't wait to try.  And if I didn't have a brilliant idea that day, I could play.  Or watch a video on creative living (like Good Life Project).  How do you get creative?  What fuels your fire? 

Comments

[Anna]

I really like your ideas! Especially the brilliant idea hour.