I read posts online or hear people exclaim in person how making and __________________ is impossible. I'm going to call your bluff.
If you have the desire to make, the passion, and the need... you fit it in to your life. Making, for a maker, is like eating. You can go without for a while, but eventually the deprivation will begin to make you feel starved. Making is something that changes your productivity and interaction in all your daily interactions.
I am not prescribing a particular type of making for any of you. Perhaps cooking is your skill, or creating jewelry, or painting, the list could go on... but I do think that the production of something balances your life with the consumption of the many things we engage with in our work and personal lives. Even keeping a journal can be a way to sort through some of the information we are constantly digesting.
BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME! Really? Here is the harsh reality, I have time to exercise. I don't. Plain and simple. If I decide it is something that is important for me (I have before, and will again) I will fit it in my day. Having kids, having cancer, having a full-time job, being a single parent, and all the other excuses I can use are just that, excuses. Ultimately, I can decide to fit exercise in my life, or not.
Recognize how much control you have, and how little. You only control yourself, so make it count. All the other factors are made better or worse by how you choose to engage. Engage wholly, in the way that makes you happy, and take ownership of your decisions.
If you have the desire to make, the passion, and the need... you fit it in to your life. Making, for a maker, is like eating. You can go without for a while, but eventually the deprivation will begin to make you feel starved. Making is something that changes your productivity and interaction in all your daily interactions.
I am not prescribing a particular type of making for any of you. Perhaps cooking is your skill, or creating jewelry, or painting, the list could go on... but I do think that the production of something balances your life with the consumption of the many things we engage with in our work and personal lives. Even keeping a journal can be a way to sort through some of the information we are constantly digesting.
BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME! Really? Here is the harsh reality, I have time to exercise. I don't. Plain and simple. If I decide it is something that is important for me (I have before, and will again) I will fit it in my day. Having kids, having cancer, having a full-time job, being a single parent, and all the other excuses I can use are just that, excuses. Ultimately, I can decide to fit exercise in my life, or not.
Recognize how much control you have, and how little. You only control yourself, so make it count. All the other factors are made better or worse by how you choose to engage. Engage wholly, in the way that makes you happy, and take ownership of your decisions.