Time Management — Block by Block

Every day we are faced with a rollercoaster of ideas, activities and interruptions that takes us for a wild ride in our attempt to manage our time effectively. Being the creAtive I am … I have employed a wide variety of tools and methods to keep myself {on-task}. Well, as much as possible — [...]

Anyone got the time?

In our busyness, we deceive ourselves into believing that we have no time for the activities we enjoy, the goals we dream about — for creativity, for rest … for just plain fun!
It has become my focus to overcoming this malady; and I have been. Albeit, ever-so slow. Slow and steady wins the race! Especially for those [...]

Overcoming Dread

Dread is fear of failing to be perfect. Or at least that is the way I see it. (And probably why I spent more than several minutes coming up with the {perfect} combination of letters to spell the word, dread, using Spell with Flickr. )
One of the most effective [...]

Getting Things Done

Serendipitously read this entire book today … Ironically, already implementing a very similar system of “natural planning” as outlined on page 56:

Defining purpose and principles
Outcome visioning
Brainstorming
Organizing
Identifying next actions

As well as collecting project notes in one file/place so as to maintain Categories of Action.
Young encourages planning as a method of being “in the moment” — of [...]

Tabula rasa

When my schedule is disrupted, it is like my mind is a chalkboard. That has been erased. There are fuzzy shadows of once-neatly written directives and routines.
Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
~Winnie the Pooh

Creative Planner

This is the cover of my creative friend’s journal-planner …
A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.  ~Mary Kay Ash
Collage journaling — also referred to as scrapbooking, creative journaling, art journals — is my right brain method of planning and pondering the realities of the universe — well, my universe! [...]

Let’s get started … Part 2

Ready? Let’s get to the nitty-gritty:

Maintain a journal, time planner or some bound (or otherwise container) system. This is the most awesome and practical method of mapping the road to your dreams. It enables you to have a proverbial view from the sky, to see what you can delete, consolidate to literally create blocks of [...]

Let’s get started … Part 1

Note: This is the second of a series of posts regarding creative adaptations in the pursuit of customizing and integrating linear planning methods (read: boring; blah) for those of us who color outside the lines. [First post: Your are not alone ...]
The successful implementation of the task of order — of decluttering, of [...]

Altered Books

What are altered books?
According to The International Society of Altered Book Artists [Link] :
It is any book, old or new that has been recycled by creative means into a work of art. They can be … rebound, painted, cut, burned, folded, added to, collaged in, gold-leafed, rubber stamped, drilled or otherwise adorned … [...]

You are truly not alone …

For most of my 40+ years, I assumed I lacked some sort of skill or knowledge when it came to organizing my days or implementing order within the randomness of moments of my life.
And I assumed I was the only one …
The only one who faced major piles of clutter or a backlog of To-Do [...]