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    Too Busy – Allowed to be Intentional with Your Time

    Creativity Killer #5 – Too Busy In creative business, some days come easier than others. Sometimes, we’re focused and on task and cranking things out. Then other times, it feels like slogging through mud while walking uphill in a snowstorm.     What makes the difference? Why are ideas exciting and energizing one day but overwhelming and unappealing the next day? What gets in the way of motivation and kills creativity? In this post, we’ll talk about the fifth of seven creativity killers and give ourselves permission to move beyond them. Too Busy Doing All the Things Being too busy can take on many forms in creative business.  Too busy can mean…

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    Too Many Ideas – Allowed to do One Thing at a Time

    When I decide I want to do something, I dig into it, trying to think about it from many different angles. I listen to podcasts, read blogs and articles, and flip through books looking for answers to unending questions. I brainstorm possibilities, trying to find the ones that work. As I do, golden, sparkly ideas spring up everywhere, inspiration flows like a massive waterfall. One idea leads to another and another and another, drenching me with options. But sometimes … many times the very things that inspire and spark ideas in me create Creativity Killer #4, Too Many Ideas, leading me to become frazzled and unfocused.