{"product_id":"growing-gills-how-to-find-creative-focus-when-youre-drowning-in-your-daily-life-paperback","title":"Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You're Drowning in Your Daily Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessica Abel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGo from overwhelmed, anxious, and stuck, to consistent, clear, and in control of your creative life.If you feel like you're floundering in the deep end \u003cem\u003e(Not waving, drowning!), \u003c\/em\u003e and anxiety over the complexity and enormousness of your creative projects overwhelms you, stop scrambling to fit everything in and feeling stretched thin.\u003cstrong\u003eDIVE DEEP AND SWIM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSustain the energy you feel when thinking of how awesome your projects could be. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eValue your own creative work as highly as work you do for other people. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild a reusable structure and process that will consistently get you to the finish line. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlast through your stuck-ness. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFocus. Finish. Move on to the next project. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eYou're a creative person. Even if you have a hard time calling yourself a \"writer\" or an \"artist\" in public, making your creative work is core to who you are and how you see the world. You may be harboring a big, ambitious idea for a project. Possibly a lot of them.\u003cstrong\u003eAnd it's killing you.\u003c\/strong\u003eYou lie awake thinking about it...and hating yourself for not doing more to make it real. And then in the morning you're exhausted, and you can't believe you \"wasted\" more time on this stupid idea. Who ever told you you were creative anyway? You try to shove your idea away, to forget it. But your creative work is what keeps you sane. You can't not do this. So you live with guilt and anxiety all the time.You've tried to carve out the time and attention you need to devote to your creative work. You've made ambitious goals, you've written lists, you've scheduled calendars...you've installed shackles on your desk chair. But chaining yourself to your work only seems to make you more distractible and more miserable. \u003cem\u003e(And those unsightly leg sores!)\u003c\/em\u003eMaybe you've even tried to borrow time-management tips from the business world. Get things done! Build seven habits! Eat that frog! But following business-minded productivity systems just doesn't work for you. The issue isn't simply getting \"things\" done, it's allowing yourself to devote precious time and attention to the vital, self-generated creative work that builds toward your vision for the future.The problem is, the life you're living is already full. You've made a lot of promises, to yourself, your family, your friends, and your community, that you'll be there for them. You probably have a job; you may have kids. You may well have many competing ideas for your creative work. 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