Staying focused
This week my creativity coach suggested I think about ways to post my projects and calendar on the wall so I can keep them in view. She's learning creativity coaching from Eric Maisel, who has long used four big whiteboards on his wall to keep his creative projects organized. My coach has started using a big whiteboard herself.
I've thought some about all the different methods I've learned and tried over the years, for staying focused and accomplishing what I set out to do. Basically they all involve some way to remind myself of what's most important to me, plus some way to organize what's important to me over time - so I'm not trying to do everything at once, or conversely, nothing at all. I usually favor 3-ring binder notebooks for my ideas and plans. Since I have more windows than wall space, and my office is in a separate building from my studio, it's difficult to post plans on a wall.
So far, all I've done is review options. I'm looking for something really simple. Maybe I'll come up with some kind of folding wall chart that I can take with me from office to studio and back. (I guess that's why they invented notebooks, right?) The main problem with a notebook is that I have to remember to open it and look through it. Wall charts have a big advantage there. Is my life really that complicated? It might be simplest just to go to the studio and make something? More on this later.
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