The Power of Creativity \(Book 1\): Learning How to Build Lasting Habits, Face Your Fears and Change Your Life pdfdrive com

Ease Yourself into It
To cultivate lasting creative habits, prepare your work in advance. This practice
ensures starting work each day takes a minimum amount of effort.
If  you’re  writing  a  book  chapter,  for  example,  open  the  chapter  in  your
computer,  connect  your  headphones  and  queue  your  writing  music  in  advance.
This  way,  upon  waking  each  morning,  you’ll  know  what  to  do  immediately
without thinking about it.
You  can  also  ease  yourself  in  by  spending  10  or  15  minutes  reviewing  the

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previous  day’s  work,  reading,  doodling  or  admiring  the  work  of  others  who
inspire you.
Like  stretches  help  an  athlete  warm  up,  this  will  help  you  become  more
intimate with your ideas faster.
Create Space
Working  on  your  big  ideas  can  be  messy,  but  you  need  a  clear  space  to  create
this mess in the first place.
When you finish working for the day, reset your workspace and sort through
what  you’ve  worked  on.  Just  as  a  master  craftsman  puts  away  his  tools  after
work,  you  must  tidy  your  desk  or  studio,  file  your  notes  and  reorganise
everything.
Then,  lay  out  the  following  day’s  work  and  ideas  and  the  tools  you  need
before you go to bed.