Spoiler: little by little, a little becomes a lot.
If you self-identify as creative, the odds are high that you’re always looking for more time to work on personal projects. And, if we’re being honest, the odds are also high that you seldom find it.
Days flow form work to the gym to family time to cleaning the house to this and to that…
Oh shoot! It’s December 31st and you just remembered your New Years resolution was to finally do that project.
Oops, maybe next year.
Let it go
As someone who falls prey to the very same thing, I’m here to share a very un-novel and a rather un-exciting little something that worked for me.
Here it is: drop the idea of doing that project.
I said what I said.
Let go of the idea of a completed project. Release it to the wind, free your mind of its burden.
…and begin
Instead, adopt the idea of starting that project.
Start today by doing just 16.5 minutes. Set a timer, and start drawing, painting, watching a tutorial, or whatever. Just commit to 16.5 minutes.*
Then, commit to 16.5 minutes again tomorrow. And the next day. And the next. One foot in front of the other, one step at a time.
The key isn’t leaps of productivity, it’s consistency over time. That’s it.
After one year of 16.5 minutes of creativity per day, you will have devoted 100 hours to your project(s). 100 hours! Would you have found a single time throughout the year to devote 100 hours to a personal project?
If your answer is yes, I commend you. For the rest of us, celebrate the wins of quotidian mundanes and of steady, consistent progress.
Little by little, a little became a lot. Cheers to you!
*The reasoning here is 100 hours is 6,000 minutes, over 365 days, puts you at roughly 16.5 minutes per day. (100x60) / 365 = 16.5 . Adjust the equation as suits your style.
From Kenzie at Studio Wild, live fully, live graciously, live wild.
