How to Not Always Be Working: A Toolkit for Creativity and Radical Self-Care

I also limit the time I spend on administrative work. It shouldn’t take all day. What’s more frustrating than spending the whole day dreading and avoiding, when the task takes only ten minutes? There are a billion other things I would rather do than avoid the work.

Twyla Tharp talks about having a physical box for every project. That way, as you research and think about the project, you can add things to the box as you go: notes you write yourself, newspaper clippings that inspire you about the project, etc.

Note: Every time I write, there was an altar. And everything and anything can be an altar. Nine out of ten times this is a physical altar, but there have been times when it has been a metaphorical altar.

radical way of existing and working.

I am grateful for . . . The freedom to make my own schedule The people who have come into my life through running a shop The skills I have learned by teaching them to myself The skills I have learned from others, especially through barter or trade The internet—although I have problems with self-control (see chapter 5). I am grateful for all the web

Delegating is cool: delegating provides other people jobs and empowering tasks, and delegating gives you more time to do the work that brings you wild and great joy.

and I love when my friends are deeply dedicated to their art making practices and small businesses.

A daily task for me is drawing one of those cards. Before I read the booklet that explains each card, I ask myself what I see—what story is coming up for me and what messages are in it. You can have a notebook where you write down your findings each day.

The work is the process; they are interchangeable.