If you’re a creative person who’s struggled to maintain a consistent routine, you’ve likely blamed yourself. Maybe you’ve told yourself you’re lazy, disorganised, undisciplined and simply not committed enough. You’ve probably read the usual productivity advice: get up at 5am, start with cold showers, and block out your day like a CEO with an empire to run.
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Persistence: “the fact of continuing in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.” That’s from Google’s English dictionary.
The Britannica Online says something similar. Persistence is “the quality that allows someone to continue doing something or trying to do something even though it is difficult or opposed by other people.
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I’ve got a client who calls me their Mad Hatter. This client organises writing workshops for children, so it’s natural for them to make reference to a children’s book. I think it’s meant to be a compliment, meant to mean that I help clients navigate this strange ‘Wonderland’ in which we live, aka London, or indeed Life.
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There are many types of creative blocks, some much more deadly than others. They range from complete creative melt-down, where your entire raison d’etre as an artist comes into question, to the kind of avoidance where what you need is a swift kick in the pants to get you into gear.
Many of our problems, both personal and professional, are caused by fear.
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‘Maybe I’m not good enough.’
Every creative person is struck by self-doubt at times. But sometimes, self-doubt stops us in our tracks and keep us there, for days, for weeks, for years – sometimes forever. (more…)
