Define a clear intention

I was reminded by one of the tutors at the theatre where I do acting classes about the importance of clear intention.

When we take on a new class or project or course, what's the overall aim, what do we hope do gain from it?

Sometimes it's a specific outcome, such as an award or qualification.

More often though, what initially inspires us to begin is something more amorphous. Often too, there are a number of gains we hope to get from taking part.

For example we might attend an acting class to learn how to act, but also to improve our confidence in a group situation, experience other people acting up close, and increase our chances of being offered parts in local productions.

We might attend a photography course to rekindle the old passion we had for it when we were younger, to get up to date with new digital technology, to widen our range of visual creative outlets, or to simply to enjoy meeting people with a similar interest.

By spending a bit of a time thinking about what our intentions are in these activities, we can keep them more closely in mind, and then better fulfill them.

We increase our chances of getting the most from them, and being able to give most to them, rather than just "going through the motions" and attending something regularly just because that's what we've done for the past 10 weeks/months/years...

Define a clear intention, or intentions, and get the most of all the creative activities you're involved in...