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I feel like I could probably answer this 10 different ways; it can vary quite a bit depending on how you frame it
I'm generally bad at sticking to some months-long routine. historically, I tend to work in bursts, that often tend to be like... 2-3 weeks of manic intensity https://twitter.com/rishu_mohanka/status/1317698303035904000
I'm generally bad at sticking to some months-long routine. historically, I tend to work in bursts, that often tend to be like... 2-3 weeks of manic intensity https://twitter.com/rishu_mohanka/status/1317698303035904000
the real game for me is to maintain a list of my interests, my projects, and to set up those things in such a way that my future self can interface with them well.
so for me it's not about routine... I have to design my creative pursuits to survive routine failure
so for me it's not about routine... I have to design my creative pursuits to survive routine failure
I haven't been particularly interested in math for a while, but if I wanted to "get back into it", all I have to do is look up my past notes and threads about it. I can add to this thread whenever I encounter anything new that's interesting https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1153595750284025856
every time you feel a creative impulse or urge, do something about it, write it down, make the thing (or even just a shitty draft of the thing), then index it – connect it to your existing body of work. over time the body of work grows. congratulations, you're a creative person
do this for a few years, and maybe read a few biographies of creative people, etc, and you start to develop a bird's eye view of yourself.
y'know, Jung took 16 years to write The Red Book, intermittently, starting at age 38. Maybe your creative life hasn't even "started" yet
y'know, Jung took 16 years to write The Red Book, intermittently, starting at age 38. Maybe your creative life hasn't even "started" yet
IME, and this seems true for everyone from Jung to Bruce Lee – the important thing if you wanna be a creative professional is to be taking notes. routine? as much as you can. if you wanna be a serious professional you will never regret taking a note https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1087430231227457536
have there been creative professionals who didn't take notes? probably! will you be able to? maybe! https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1226566512783183872
not always immediately. I have a large pool of unsorted and unindexed stuff. I index as soon as I *can*, which sometimes is never https://twitter.com/nosilverv/status/1317769973431963649
at this current stage in my life though I have some very clear projects and very clear things that I want to produce, so it's very easy to see how some new piece of data or thought fits into an existing project that I'm working on. took me like 10-15 years to develop this clarity
that said I look forward to publishing everything and then diving back into a chaotic state of "idk wtf i'm gonna do, nice"
