After a four-day break, daily 1-2 hour creative sessions rebuilt momentum fast: the first day felt rough, but by day two and three, painting flowed without warm-ups. Dr. John A. King's writing schedule mirrors this, with sessions spread across the week rather than one long block.
I was thinking more along the lines of little and often. And what I noticed while we were away for 4 days was the fact that I got to get up and do it every day. Yeah. Uh, the first day was a little bit, you know, you, you feel a little clunky getting going. And then the rest of the week I was ready to go and I dove right into it and I didn't have to do any warmups. And I, and so it built a little momentum this week. I was really surprised. At how quickly the paintings were happening the 2nd and 3rd day. And so I was like, what if instead of setting aside one whole day out of our week, then I just set aside maybe 1 hour or 2 hours each morning?
And if you've got any insights or thoughts for yourself as creative folks about how you deal with creative momentum, because we were so— so we normally set aside Monday to write and I try and get another bit on Wednesday and then another bit elsewhere. And, you know, it's similar for writers as it is for painters.
