Time To Create - How To Make More Time To Create What Matters

Not having enough time is one of the biggest reasons we say we don’t create more.

However talented you may be, however much you say you want to create, if you’re not actually spending time creating what matters to you, your creative life simply won’t go anywhere. Which leads to major frustration, resentment, self-doubt and a host of other unpleasant consequences.

So what’s the answer?

How can you make more time for yourself to create? And why does it feel such a struggle?

Here’s what typically happens and why it doesn’t work:

You have in the back of your mind a desire to create: “Hopefully I can get a bit of creative time later today at some point.”

This sets your mind off in a constant quest for that window of opportunity to create.

How do you decide when to create though? By continually comparing the importance of what you’re doing and about to do, with the importance of the creative work you’d like to do.

You get sucked into a battle of priorities, trying to analyse in your mind how important each task you have to do is – creative time included.

This simply adds more pressure on yourself. You never quite engage in ANYTHING you’re doing because part of your mind is always trying to perform this balancing act, judging what’s most important, and whether the next task on your list has a higher priority rating than creating.

This just doesn’t work and is a recipe for even more frustration and resentment – and even less creating.

As well as meaning your mind is never fully on the task in hand, by trying to give your creative time a “priority level”, you instantly add more pressure when you DO come to create.

You feel “I’ve given up A, B and C, and chosen to create instead. Well, whatever I create, it had better be amazing, otherwise how can I justify spending the time creating when I could’ve done something else?”

No wonder you find it so difficult to create freely!

So what’s the alternative? Is there a better approach that actually works?

Yes! It’s actually very simple in concept and the key to being able to create freely and regularly.

Set a minimum time period at the same time every day to create. And stick to it.

Make it the same time every day so you get used to knowing when you’re creating. This completely eliminates all that wasted mental energy and time trying to weigh up whether you can squeeze in a few minutes of creating in between tasks all the time.

Make it a minimum amount of time – 15 minutes is the absolute minimum. This again gives a clear structure and stops you thinking “hmm, can I create just a few minutes more before I have to go and do X..?”.

Use this technique to find more time to create, and more importantly to eliminate all that unnecessary mental conflict in trying to measure the importance of your creative time against everything else demanding your time and attention.

How can you start to implement this technique into your creative life from day?

Are you ready to kick-start your creativity today? Then I’d like to invite you to download your free copy of the Explode Your Creativity! Action Workbook at http://www.CoachCreative.com.