Manage Your Day-To-Day: Build your Routine, Find your Focus and Sharpen your Creative Mind- Chapter Two- Learning to Create Amid Chaos
Chapter Two- Finding Focus in a Distracted World- Scheduling in Time for Creative Thinking
Learning to Create Amid Chaos
There is no perfect time to be productive - waiting for the perfect time is almost always procrastination. Most creative people have jobs,commitments, family's etc so in order to be creative we must learn to be productive in the mist of chaos. Moving to somewhere without distractions is almost impossible - even if we could they will come with us. It is possible to combat negative distractions with good distractions.
Setting a timer and racing the clock can be very good positive distraction. Ignoring negative distractions to focus on preferred activity takes mental agility and energy. Roy Baumeister discovered that self control is not genetic or fixed but is a skill that can be developed and improved with practice.
Baumeister suggests strategies for increasing self control - such as flossing teeth at night. He says these strengthen will power in other ares of life. Regularly getting a good nights sleep is shown to improve focus and self control. Creativity and efficiency can be enhanced over the course of the day by alternating between mindful and mindless activities.
Doing mindless chores eg. cleaning, packing shelves replenishes the mind for thinking creatively. After finding out when you work most productively a timer can be used to keep track of direct these ebbs and flows to prevent exhaustion and time wasting.
Mental and physical straight are necessary to produce creativity. Creative minds must learn to trains their attention and Marshall there creative energies under the most chaotic energies.
A famous quote once said;
"Creation is in part
merely the business
of forgoing the great
and small distractions."
-E.B White
Learning to Create Amid Chaos
There is no perfect time to be productive - waiting for the perfect time is almost always procrastination. Most creative people have jobs,commitments, family's etc so in order to be creative we must learn to be productive in the mist of chaos. Moving to somewhere without distractions is almost impossible - even if we could they will come with us. It is possible to combat negative distractions with good distractions.
Setting a timer and racing the clock can be very good positive distraction. Ignoring negative distractions to focus on preferred activity takes mental agility and energy. Roy Baumeister discovered that self control is not genetic or fixed but is a skill that can be developed and improved with practice.
Baumeister suggests strategies for increasing self control - such as flossing teeth at night. He says these strengthen will power in other ares of life. Regularly getting a good nights sleep is shown to improve focus and self control. Creativity and efficiency can be enhanced over the course of the day by alternating between mindful and mindless activities.
Doing mindless chores eg. cleaning, packing shelves replenishes the mind for thinking creatively. After finding out when you work most productively a timer can be used to keep track of direct these ebbs and flows to prevent exhaustion and time wasting.
Mental and physical straight are necessary to produce creativity. Creative minds must learn to trains their attention and Marshall there creative energies under the most chaotic energies.
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