Tuesday, January 31, 2006
What do you do to keep your creative spirit strong and focused?
Frequently, my coaching clients mention that they struggle not to get distracted from their creative goals. The challenges to creative focus for women are many and varied: for example, housework, unexpected illnesses, jobs, legitimate family needs, self-doubt, lack of information about how to proceed and unrealistic expectations of the creative process.
Some of my strategies for connecting with, nourishing and having discipline with regard to my creative spirit include:
- first and foremost, aiming to stay relaxed, rested and in a quiet mind as much as I can so wisdom about what to do next flows to me easily
- spending a few minutes at the beginning of each month imagining that the month is over and wondering what projects I would feel ecstatic about accomplishing and WRITING THOSE DOWN.
- making a list of “to dos” every day and prioritizing them in order of importance and moving down my list one by one.
- “sandwiching" tasks I’m not too excited about between those I’m itching to get to so something motivates me to keep going.
- staying present to myself when I get stuck. Not judging the experience, but just observing it and letting wisdom guide me to know whether I should take a break, keep going or alter my course until I feel the flow again.
- remembering that DISCIPLINE involves looking at myself through the eyes of a teacher who loves me. Practicing “cease and desist” and reclaiming my attention when my thought flow gets self-critical, impatient or stress-producing.
I’d love to hear what works for you!
Posted by Linda Sandel Pettit on 01/31 at 03:41 PM in |
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