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time management for creAtive people

Anyone got the time?

by stargardener

In our busyness, we deceive ourselves into believing that we have no time for the activities we enjoy, the goals we dream about — for creativity, for rest … for just plain fun! However, slow and steady wins the race. Especially for those of us who periodically run w-a-y too fast in various directions! Despite [...]

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Living outside the lines

by stargardener

{click image to enlarge and read notations} It has been three years since I began to document “coloring outside the lines” with my day planning. Oh, yes. It was a wee bit disconcerting to begin planning in a way that organized my life, my dreams — my miscellany and random art-full moments! — along with the various [...]

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Overcoming the challenges to daily planning

by stargardener

{click image to enlarge and read notations} ★ Disclaimer: Being a creAtive, you must know the only two things I actually do on a daily basis are sleep and eat {and social media}! Everything thing else varies in priority, technique and time … Daily planning can feel like left brain prison: Held captive and behind [...]

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CreAtive Planning How-To’s — Avoid Over-Planning

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Too much of a good thing is wonderful. ~Mae West … Um, unless it is planning! It is vital for creAtives not to over-think or plan our days. Consider Dailies, To-Do’s and Want-To’s as Threads with which we weave habits, tasks to accomplish The Necessary and The Desired. So, how can we avoid over-planning? Compile [...]

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CreAtive Planning How-to’s — Show Up

by stargardener

Still lingering over the pages of The War of Art … Impressed this early morning as I reread the chapter, “We’re All Pros Already” {p. 69} in which Steven Pressfield notes what defines a professional {versus an amateur}. We show up every day. We show up no matter what. We stay on the job all [...]

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CreAtive Planning How-to’s — Accountability

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{click on image to view full-size/notations} Accountability is a word with multiple meanings — and accomplished by various and assorted means. Additionally, it absolutely must be noted: The best options are those that shun the notion of demeaning imposition {have-to’s and must-do’s}! Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you [...]

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CreAtive Planning How-to’s — Write it Down

by stargardener

{click on image to view full-size/notations} The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen. ~Lee Iacocca I am not a proponent of making rules for planning. However … Even the most creAtive creAtive must admit that some degree of visual-planning yields results. Thus, this week’s tip is to write [...]

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CreAtive Planning How-To’s — Rhythm

by stargardener

{click on image to view full-size/notations} Yesterday, I made the point that our feelings amplify reality [link]. Our feelings are like flashing red lights warning us to pause. {Usually after we ignored the gentle tones in our heart to s-l-o-w down.} ♥ Practice sprinkling pauses within your dailies. Like notes of pause {rest notes} in [...]

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CreAtive Planning How-To’s — Avoid Dark Hearts, Part 2

by stargardener

There are countless words floating about in my hearts {figuratively} and minds {literally} … But we have the ability to intentionally determine how we will live our one (1) real-life. People and situations present the {often} unplanned opportunities for us to choose how we will live our one (1) real-life. This can prove to be [...]

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CreAtive Planning How-To’s — Avoid Dark Hearts, Part 1

by stargardener

Words are form of action, capable of influencing change. ~Ingrid Bengis Words can also be a form of manipulation … and denial. CreAtively planning is more than lines and boxes, checking off to-do’s, etc. It is your life — art-fully. Art isn’t meant to be pretty. It is meant to evoke. ~Sabrina Ward Harrison When [...]