IF YOU CAN’T FIND THE TIME TO BE CREATIVE, ASK YOURSELF THESE FIVE QUESTIONS If I began to see my attention as a precious resource, how might I better protect it? How can I shift from a “manager’s schedule” to a “maker’s schedule”? The former tries to fill every hour with appointments; the latter is designed with multi-hour, uninterrupted blocks. Am I pruning the vine? If you’re juggling many projects and pastimes, consider cutting back lesser ones to provide more time for the primary ones. What if I trade the morning news for the “morning muse”? The morning can be a prime time for creative
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