Recalibration and Cycles

From my XR era, I’m so used to SPRINTING my way thru projects, creativity, and - well — life itself!

I’m learning to do SLOW AND STEADY these days. Taking my learnings from compounding wealth, I am learning to build strong • steady • progressive. What is this “marathon” way of designing life? 😂

With my creative process right now, I feel like it is:

• Creating for Me:

  • Quieter, inward, reflective days

  • Painting and creating art pieces as my heart and soul needs + desires

• Generating revenue:

  • Moments of sprints and intensity with market or shop pushes

  • This is where my high level brain gets to do creative R&D experimenting with products, workflow, optimization. Testing, building, deep-diving into things like building out my user journeys, how audiences might experience my work, tech integrations into physical art, etc.

  • Learning about commerce, analytics, metrics best practices

• Cool Down:

  • Reflection, learnings, output metric shares

  • Next Steps

  • Resetting my space, mind, home — making nourishing foods, tidying the house

• Rest

  • Lots of sleep

  • Going out

  • Coming up with special adventures and explorations in nature with Bryan

I found this works so well for quarterly timelines for me! Probably because this is 13 weeks and I’m used to the Art Center 14 week schedule 😂😂😂 I found this sort of structure has been helpful for me to feel and express the full range of my creativity — in a sustainable and healthy way.

Do you have a rhythm that works for you, too? I’m curious!