Where discipline needs inspiration. Yes, you’ve captured something I’ve been grappling with.
I know I get my best ideas when I’m on a run but was constantly finding I’d forget them once I got home! So frustrating.
So I made sure WhatsApp has my work number pinned to the top of chats and I’d stop running pull out my phone and WhatsApp myself the idea. I think that’s where inspiration needs discipline.
The key is lowering the barrier of the discipline needed to capture the inspiration.
Where discipline needs inspiration. Yes, you’ve captured something I’ve been grappling with.
I know I get my best ideas when I’m on a run but was constantly finding I’d forget them once I got home! So frustrating.
So I made sure WhatsApp has my work number pinned to the top of chats and I’d stop running pull out my phone and WhatsApp myself the idea. I think that’s where inspiration needs discipline.
The key is lowering the barrier of the discipline needed to capture the inspiration.
Have you tried Apple Notes? Or Obsidian daily notes?
This is a great piece - thanks for sharing!!
A great read on something I think about often but haven't taken the time to properly decipher for myself. Thank you.
“Because inspiration follows no rules. It appears on its own schedule, not yours. So you need to work your schedule around it.”
Cool topic to write about -- how to get more time on “inspiration’s” schedule. Or ways to find your muse.
Maybe you’re written about it already, sorry if I missed! Great piece as always
I like the charts.
I like the the analysis.
While inspiration as you say is “fleeting” and discipline is more controllable.
The unactualized work is greatest when there is low discipline and high inspiration. So c’mon people - and when I say people I mean - me.
Let’s move quadrants.
Enjoyed this
To add Leo’s insights 💡
I find that discipline pairs really well with skill acquisition.
Case study — graphic design.
Learning how to resize images, change a webp into a jpg, or use the pen tool — are difficult tasks, at first.
But once you get the reps in, you become fast. Second nature. Which then allows you to do more things, quicker.
2. My inspiration bounces around, like hot atoms in a confined chamber.
WHERE AM I DIRECTING THAT “INSPIRATION”. That’s what I call “discipline”. The task I am channeling my energy towards.