Whenever I get into the state of creative overwhelm, I think, “I have so many ideas and they’re all pretty good and I don’t know which to pick ahhh!!!!!!”
So then I do NONE of the ideas. 🙂
I’m doing my best to work within creative overwhelm, and I think the antidote to it could be organization.
But then I think, “I like organizing. What if I spend too much time organizing and don’t ever get to doing the actual work? Ahhhh!!!!”
(My inner dialogue is very dramatic.)
It seems that finding a balance between brainstorm and brain-restraint is key.
Today I spent an hour planning the week ahead, including which blog posts and Instagram posts I’ll put up this week. This gives me leisurely weekend time to work on illustrations, as well as an unexpected bounty of peace of mind.
Maybe somewhere in the middle of brainstorm (artistic blustering) and brain-restraint (organized scheduling) is a nice happy state. Braincalm. Ahhh. It kind of sounds like a brand of medicated lotion, but I’ll roll with it for now.
We’ll see if it works!
(I use the “Ubiquitous Capture Device” aka, the really tricked-out notebook above for organizing my work. I got it at 11:11 Supply, a great store built around goal-setting here in Portland.)
Michelle Folk Johnson 