Given the fact meals/work/commute/exercise/society demand so much of our day, the first task of creativity is to creatively hack time so you can work on projects. I’ve heard someone say (s)he was so bored (s)he “read the entire internet” at work…so why not read the entire Swift library, or Stephen King’s On Writing? Time-hacks are the first task of creativity.
Even Tolkien literally wrote in the trenches.
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It is very easy to go down the rabbit hole of the internet and waste your time. Good point.
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Well said! This is why I started exploring so many creative hobbies, so I wouldn’t just be sitting on my butt complaining about being bored/having nothing to do.
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One of the best I got as advice as a student was to journal or scribble–note down anything you see or think to recall it later. Unfortunately my hand writing is so poor especially on the subway train — sometimes it’s hard for even me to decode. It’s true though Tolkien wrote in the trenches, apparently Salinger carried Catcher with him as a talisman of sorts. And then there is Kipling. As for the internet–I agree about the rabbit hole. But if you can take advantage of a digital library and read the classics that is great. My job doesn’t really allow for it–just the nature of the work. But I have a book club friend who is scientist and sometimes there is tedious data collecting where she will read a stack of traditional paper books during the course of the project — while logging it/the computers are running, et al.
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There’s always a way…if not…then it’s time to invent one, haha! Thank You for your insight and the comment!!! 🙂
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Very true. I think we often have lots of time that goes unaccounted for, and could certainly be used more productively.
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