Can Money Buy Happiness?
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Topic #76: How do you find your muse? When you sit down to blog, or have a creative project of any kind you need to work on, how do you get yourself motivated to do it? What are your rituals or habits?
I actually have no problem motivating myself to blog or do a creative project when I get started on it; the problem I usually have is to stop doing other mindless activities (like watching YouTube videos made by random people) so I can actually get started on doing something productive.
Generally, when I encounter this problem and notice that I’ve spent a lot of time doing something unproductive, I usually set a specific time for when I’m going to move on to something productive, and start wrapping up my mindless activity. Another helpful thing to do is to remember how much I actually enjoy writing once I get started on it and try to get myself to look forward to it.
Once I start blogging, I usually get immersed in my thoughts and have no problem thinking of things to write. As long as I’m fully rested and alert, I can essentially write about any topic (even topics about which I have no background knowledge) because I tend to make random and intruging connections with topic prompts and past experiences that are so unexpected that they’re funny.
So Far in 2011…
Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 21
Number of times I did my own laundry: 2
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Can Money Buy Happiness?
The Daily Post at WordPress.com
Topic #76: How do you find your muse? When you sit down to blog, or have a creative project of any kind you need to work on, how do you get yourself motivated to do it? What are your rituals or habits?
I actually have no problem motivating myself to blog or do a creative project when I get started on it; the problem I usually have is to stop doing other mindless activities (like watching YouTube videos made by random people) so I can actually get started on doing something productive.
Generally, when I encounter this problem and notice that I’ve spent a lot of time doing something unproductive, I usually set a specific time for when I’m going to move on to something productive, and start wrapping up my mindless activity. Another helpful thing to do is to remember how much I actually enjoy writing once I get started on it and try to get myself to look forward to it.
Once I start blogging, I usually get immersed in my thoughts and have no problem thinking of things to write. As long as I’m fully rested and alert, I can essentially write about any topic (even topics about which I have no background knowledge) because I tend to make random and intruging connections with topic prompts and past experiences that are so unexpected that they’re funny.
So Far in 2011…
Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 21
Number of times I did my own laundry: 2
Can Money Buy Happiness?
The Daily Post at WordPress.com
Topic #76: How do you find your muse? When you sit down to blog, or have a creative project of any kind you need to work on, how do you get yourself motivated to do it? What are your rituals or habits?
I actually have no problem motivating myself to blog or do a creative project when I get started on it; the problem I usually have is to stop doing other mindless activities (like watching YouTube videos made by random people) so I can actually get started on doing something productive.
Generally, when I encounter this problem and notice that I’ve spent a lot of time doing something unproductive, I usually set a specific time for when I’m going to move on to something productive, and start wrapping up my mindless activity. Another helpful thing to do is to remember how much I actually enjoy writing once I get started on it and try to get myself to look forward to it.
Once I start blogging, I usually get immersed in my thoughts and have no problem thinking of things to write. As long as I’m fully rested and alert, I can essentially write about any topic (even topics about which I have no background knowledge) because I tend to make random and intruging connections with topic prompts and past experiences that are so unexpected that they’re funny.
So Far in 2011…
Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 21
Number of times I did my own laundry: 2