procrastination

Will I create?

May 20, 2011

According to most popular literature and media, you are supposed to strengthen your will so that you can create “whenever you want”. At a first glance this might sound good. It is true that will goes through levels of complexity as we grow; a two year-old’s will is rather differently expressed than most adults’. I [...]

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Everybody relapses

December 13, 2010
Everybody relapses

Have you been trying a new habit, a new diet, a new training program, etc. and failed to keep it going? If this has never happened to you I bet you are from outer space!  Well, if you are not from outer space, and this has never happened to you, I really would like to [...]

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Are you too good for your friends?

November 17, 2010
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Most artists I know, including myself (ahem…) basically follow the structure of doing it ALL by themselves. That is, they come up with the idea, develop the idea, create the idea, produce and package the idea all alone. That’s a lot of work. And often a lot of work done poorly; you are usually pretty [...]

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Hoping vs. knowing – How to get things done.

October 12, 2010
Hoping vs. Knowing

This technique will make you motivated instantly. It is very simple. Follow the following steps: Pick a task that is important to you, but you still have not done anything about it. Now, hope that you will do the task. Really, wish and hope that life will turn out the way you want it.For a [...]

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Turn your distractions off!

September 27, 2010
Turn off your distractions!

Literarily… I talk a lot about habits, super-ego and attitudes here on this blog. But it does not always have to be so deep and complicated. Sometimes a way to be more creative can be quite simple; turn off your electronic toys. One argument now a days is that it is more difficult to be [...]

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Disappointment

September 22, 2010
Disappointment

This has always been one of my own biggest blocks. People who know me better know that I even though I’m creative and full of ideas there’s nothing that stops me as fast as disappointment; like a dark hole my disappointment sucks my energy and enthusiasm like nothing else and it also takes me a [...]

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