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Studio Mothers: Life & Art » time management http://studiomothers.com Helping mothers meet their creative goals Mon, 28 May 2012 20:43:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png Studio Mothers: Life & Art » time management http://studiomothers.com Monday Post ~ May 28, 2012 http://studiomothers.com/2012/05/28/monday-post-may-28-2012/ http://studiomothers.com/2012/05/28/monday-post-may-28-2012/#comments Mon, 28 May 2012 12:26:19 +0000 Miranda http://studiomothers.com/?p=7339 ]]> “Start before you’re ready.”
— Steven Pressfield

This is the moment to deepen, or commit to, your regular creativity practice. Regularity — a daily practice, if at all possible — is key.

So what are your plans for creative practice this week? Given the specifics of your schedule, decide on a realistic intention, goal, or a milestone to reach for — and plan that time in your calendar. An intention as simple as “I will be creative for 10 minutes every day” or “I will gesso three canvases on Wednesday” is what it’s all about.

Share your intentions or goals as a comment to this post, and let us know how things went with your creative plans for last week, if you posted to last week’s Monday Post.

]]> http://studiomothers.com/2012/05/28/monday-post-may-28-2012/feed/ 0 mirandahelin Monday_Post_grass Monday Post ~ May 21, 2012 http://studiomothers.com/2012/05/21/monday-post-may-21-2012/ http://studiomothers.com/2012/05/21/monday-post-may-21-2012/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 10:00:46 +0000 Miranda http://studiomothers.com/?p=7317 ]]> “There is a divine blueprint for your week ahead, in which the most creative possibilities unfold out of infinite thoughts of love. Imagine.”
— Marianne Williamson

This is the moment to deepen, or commit to, your regular creativity practice. Regularity — a daily practice, if at all possible — is key.

So what are your plans for creative practice this week? Given the specifics of your schedule, decide on a realistic intention, goal, or a milestone to reach for — and plan that time in your calendar. An intention as simple as “I will be creative for 10 minutes every day” or “I will gesso three canvases on Wednesday” is what it’s all about.

Share your intentions or goals as a comment to this post, and let us know how things went with your creative plans for last week, if you posted to last week’s Monday Post.

]]> http://studiomothers.com/2012/05/21/monday-post-may-21-2012/feed/ 3 mirandahelin Monday_Post_stars Monday Post ~ May 14, 2012 http://studiomothers.com/2012/05/14/monday-post-may-14-2012/ http://studiomothers.com/2012/05/14/monday-post-may-14-2012/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 10:00:25 +0000 Miranda http://studiomothers.com/?p=7295 ]]> “Suspending self-judgement doesn’t just mean blowing off the ‘You suck’ voice in our heads. It also means liberating ourselves from conventional expectations — from what we think our work ‘ought’ to be or ‘should’ look like. Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional, crazy heart.”
— Steven Pressfield

This is the moment to deepen, or commit to, your regular creativity practice. Regularity — a daily practice, if at all possible — is key.

So what are your plans for creative practice this week? Given the specifics of your schedule, decide on a realistic intention, goal, or a milestone to reach for — and plan that time in your calendar. An intention as simple as “I will be creative for 10 minutes every day” or “I will gesso three canvases on Wednesday” is what it’s all about.

Share your intentions or goals as a comment to this post, and let us know how things went with your creative plans for last week, if you posted to last week’s Monday Post.

]]> http://studiomothers.com/2012/05/14/monday-post-may-14-2012/feed/ 3 mirandahelin Monday_Post_ink Monday Post ~ May 7, 2012 http://studiomothers.com/2012/05/07/monday-post-may-7-2012/ http://studiomothers.com/2012/05/07/monday-post-may-7-2012/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 10:00:36 +0000 Miranda http://studiomothers.com/?p=7263 ]]> “Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has had an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.”
— Nolan Bushnell

This is the moment to deepen, or commit to, your regular creativity practice. Regularity — a daily practice, if at all possible — is key.

So what are your plans for creative practice this week? Given the specifics of your schedule, decide on a realistic intention, goal, or a milestone to reach for — and plan that time in your calendar. An intention as simple as “I will be creative for 10 minutes every day” or “I will gesso three canvases on Wednesday” is what it’s all about.

Share your intentions or goals as a comment to this post, and let us know how things went with your creative plans for last week, if you posted to last week’s Monday Post.

]]> http://studiomothers.com/2012/05/07/monday-post-may-7-2012/feed/ 2 mirandahelin Monday_Post_pencils Monday Post ~ April 30, 2012 http://studiomothers.com/2012/04/30/monday-post-april-30-2012/ http://studiomothers.com/2012/04/30/monday-post-april-30-2012/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:00:01 +0000 Miranda http://studiomothers.com/?p=7259 ]]> “Resistance is directly proportional to love. If you’re feeling massive Resistance, the good news is, it means there’s tremendous love there too. If you didn’t love the project that is terrifying you, you wouldn’t feel anything. The opposite of love isn’t hate; it’s indifference. The more Resistance you experience, the more important your unmanifested art/ project/ enterprise is to you — and the more gratification you will feel when you finally do it.”
~Steven Pressfield

This is the moment to deepen, or commit to, your regular creativity practice. Regularity — a daily practice, if at all possible — is key.

So what are your plans for creative practice this week? Given the specifics of your schedule, decide on a realistic intention, goal, or a milestone to reach for — and plan that time in your calendar. An intention as simple as “I will be creative for 10 minutes every day” or “I will gesso three canvases on Wednesday” is what it’s all about.

Share your intentions or goals as a comment to this post, and let us know how things went with your creative plans for last week, if you posted to last week’s Monday Post.

]]> http://studiomothers.com/2012/04/30/monday-post-april-30-2012/feed/ 1 mirandahelin Monday_Post_thumbtack Monday Post ~ April 23, 2012 http://studiomothers.com/2012/04/23/monday-post-april-23-2012/ http://studiomothers.com/2012/04/23/monday-post-april-23-2012/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:00:30 +0000 Miranda http://studiomothers.com/?p=7239 ]]> “The richest source of creation is feeling,
followed by a vision of its meaning.”
~Anaïs Nin

This is the moment to deepen, or commit to, your regular creativity practice. Regularity — a daily practice, if at all possible — is key.

So what are your plans for creative practice this week? Given the specifics of your schedule, decide on a realistic intention, goal, or a milestone to reach for — and plan that time in your calendar. An intention as simple as “I will be creative for 10 minutes every day” or “I will gesso three canvases on Wednesday” is what it’s all about.

Share your intentions or goals as a comment to this post, and let us know how things went with your creative plans for last week, if you posted to last week’s Monday Post.

]]> http://studiomothers.com/2012/04/23/monday-post-april-23-2012/feed/ 5 mirandahelin Monday_Post_dream Monday Post ~ April 16, 2012 http://studiomothers.com/2012/04/16/monday-post-april-16-2012/ http://studiomothers.com/2012/04/16/monday-post-april-16-2012/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:00:13 +0000 Miranda http://studiomothers.com/?p=7221 ]]> “Creativity belongs to the artist in each of us. To create means to relate. The root meaning of the word art is ‘to fit together’ and we all do this every day. Not all of us are painters but we are all artists. Each time we fit things together we are creating — whether it is to make a loaf of bread, a child, a day.” ~Corita Kent

This is the moment to deepen, or commit to, your regular creativity practice. Regularity — a daily practice, if at all possible — is key.

So what are your plans for creative practice this week? Given the specifics of your schedule, decide on a realistic intention, goal, or a milestone to reach for — and plan that time in your calendar. An intention as simple as “I will be creative for 10 minutes every day” or “I will gesso three canvases on Wednesday” is what it’s all about.

Share your intentions or goals as a comment to this post, and let us know how things went with your creative plans for last week, if you posted to last week’s Monday Post.

]]> http://studiomothers.com/2012/04/16/monday-post-april-16-2012/feed/ 11 mirandahelin Monday_Post_wheel_plate Monday Post ~ April 9, 2012 http://studiomothers.com/2012/04/09/monday-post-april-9-2012/ http://studiomothers.com/2012/04/09/monday-post-april-9-2012/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:00:40 +0000 Miranda http://studiomothers.com/?p=7193 ]]> “The pearl’s beauty is made as a result of insult, just as art is made as a response to something in our environment that fires us up, sparks us, causes us to think differently. The pearl, like art, must be catalyzed.”
~Julia Cameron

This is the moment to deepen, or commit to, your regular creativity practice. Regularity — a daily practice, if at all possible — is key.

So what are your plans for creative practice this week? Given the specifics of your schedule, decide on a realistic intention, goal, or a milestone to reach for — and plan that time in your calendar. An intention as simple as “I will be creative for 10 minutes every day” or “I will gesso three canvases on Wednesday” is what it’s all about.

Share your intentions or goals as a comment to this post, and let us know how things went with your creative plans for last week, if you posted to last week’s Monday Post.

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~Meryl Streep

This is the moment to deepen, or commit to, your regular creativity practice. Regularity — a daily practice, if at all possible — is key.

So what are your plans for creative practice this week? Given the specifics of your schedule, decide on a realistic intention, goal, or a milestone to reach for — and plan that time in your calendar. An intention as simple as “I will be creative for 10 minutes every day” or “I will gesso three canvases on Wednesday” is what it’s all about.

Share your intentions or goals as a comment to this post, and let us know how things went with your creative plans for last week, if you posted to last week’s Monday Post.

]]> http://studiomothers.com/2012/04/02/monday-post-april-2-2012/feed/ 5 mirandahelin Monday_Post_francais Monday Post ~ March 26, 2012 http://studiomothers.com/2012/03/26/monday-post-march-26-2012/ http://studiomothers.com/2012/03/26/monday-post-march-26-2012/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:00:01 +0000 Miranda http://studiomothers.com/?p=7123 ]]> “Nobody whispers it in your ear. It is like something you memorized once and forgot. Now it comes back and rips away your breath. You find and finger a phrase at a time; you lay it down cautiously, as if with tongs, and wait suspended until the next one finds you.” ~Annie Dillard

This is the moment to deepen, or commit to, your regular creativity practice. Regularity — a daily practice, if at all possible — is key.

So what are your plans for creative practice this week? Given the specifics of your schedule, decide on a realistic intention, goal, or a milestone to reach for — and plan that time in your calendar. An intention as simple as “I will be creative for 10 minutes every day” or “I will gesso three canvases on Wednesday” is what it’s all about.

Share your intentions or goals as a comment to this post, and let us know how things went with your creative plans for last week, if you posted to last week’s Monday Post.

]]> http://studiomothers.com/2012/03/26/monday-post-march-26-2012/feed/ 4 mirandahelin Monday_Post_laptop Monday Post ~ March 19, 2012 http://studiomothers.com/2012/03/19/monday-post-march-19-2012/ http://studiomothers.com/2012/03/19/monday-post-march-19-2012/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:00:57 +0000 Miranda http://studiomothers.com/?p=7099 ]]> “You finally do have to give something terribly intimate and secret of yourself to the world and not care, because you have to believe that what you have to say is important enough.” ~May Sarton

This is the moment to deepen, or commit to, your regular creativity practice. Regularity — a daily practice, if at all possible — is key.

So what are your plans for creative practice this week? Given the specifics of your schedule, decide on a realistic intention, goal, or a milestone to reach for — and plan that time in your calendar. An intention as simple as “I will be creative for 10 minutes every day” or “I will gesso three canvases on Wednesday” is what it’s all about.

Share your intentions or goals as a comment to this post, and let us know how things went with your creative plans for last week, if you posted to last week’s Monday Post.

]]> http://studiomothers.com/2012/03/19/monday-post-march-19-2012/feed/ 4 mirandahelin young Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus Monday Post ~ March 12, 2012 http://studiomothers.com/2012/03/12/monday-post-march-12-2012/ http://studiomothers.com/2012/03/12/monday-post-march-12-2012/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:00:41 +0000 Miranda http://studiomothers.com/?p=7085 ]]> “Regardless of where and how you show your creativity, the most important and rewarding thing is to let it flow. Insert creativity in all aspects of your life from how you dress in the morning to what you dream of at night. And remind yourself over and again that creativity is your birthright, a natural part of who you are: A living entity on this Earth.” ~Danny Gregory

This is the moment to deepen, or commit to, your regular creativity practice. Regularity — a daily practice, if at all possible — is key.

So what are your plans for creative practice this week? Given the specifics of your schedule, decide on a realistic intention, goal, or a milestone to reach for — and plan that time in your calendar. An intention as simple as “I will be creative for 10 minutes every day” or “I will gesso three canvases on Wednesday” is what it’s all about.

Share your intentions or goals as a comment to this post, and let us know how things went with your creative plans for last week, if you posted to last week’s Monday Post.

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