How to Start a Creative Project

Olya Kornienko
4 min readMar 15, 2024

If you’re reading this, you have a creative project inside of you. You may have just come up with an idea, but you’ve likely been thinking about it for a while.

Maybe you wish to go to Santorini or Bali for a month to write a book (I wanted). Or you wish you could get at least a big chunk of time to edit some videos you shot for your course or YouTube channel, or if only you could have a day to yourself per week, so you could do [insert what you wish you could do].

I’ll be frank. You don’t need much time to start (and finish) your creative project.

But… you need to decide.

You need to decide that you’re going to do this.

You need to decide that you’re going to write and publish your book. You’re going to develop a product and do your best to sell it, and so on.

Agatha Cristie volunteered during World War I and then worked as an apothecary’s assistant while writing her first work. She managed to write while working. During the war. You can do the same. Work on your creative project while working at your job.

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Olya Kornienko

Author of “A Tiny Book of Joy”. I write about creativity, joy and work-life balance. Big fan of yoga, Pilates and everything that makes my life easier.