This essay has set me free from the chains of enslavement my chronic procrastination had bound me to.
Just this morning I had an insight that most people focus too heavily on developing time management skills, but this doesn’t really help them make progress on their projects, as they fail to capitalise on the time they make for working on their projects. They remain blocked. Their energy is found wanting.
I had formulated the following equation to help me understand this - time management is downstream of project management which is downstream of energy management which is downstream of emotion management. If you are being strangled by unprocessed emotions then it doesn’t matter how much time you make for yourself - your emotions won’t let you channel your creative potential.
Your essay is the most beautiful and elegant expression of this formulation that I could have only dreamed of receiving in my Substack inbox on the very day I have thought of this.
Thank you for writing this. I can’t believe how serendipitous this is.
do you ever wonder what the muse really is? i'd also like to think that all forms of creative expression is some form of energy passing through you from a certain muse. we're all mere vessels for ideas and art. but do people wonder or know what the muse really is?
You have articulated what so many of us feel on a daily basis, yet struggle to put a finger on. Understanding what you have written feels like a first step in the journey of unblocking yourself and process of inspired creativity,
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful -- the muse spoke and you certainly listened.
What struck me most: "That true devotion is infinite. That the layers of what it takes to be a master are so subtle, so rich, so deep that you cannot even detect what mastery is when you are at the start of your climb."
Perhaps one day I'll be able to articulate better how your writing makes me feel. Today, this will do: reading this essay made me feel jealous and in awe of how much you've worked to be able to write so clearly, so eloquently, so uniquely.
I've chanced upon the muse every now and then and I hope the next time she visits, I've done the work to serve as a channel.
This essay has set me free from the chains of enslavement my chronic procrastination had bound me to.
Just this morning I had an insight that most people focus too heavily on developing time management skills, but this doesn’t really help them make progress on their projects, as they fail to capitalise on the time they make for working on their projects. They remain blocked. Their energy is found wanting.
I had formulated the following equation to help me understand this - time management is downstream of project management which is downstream of energy management which is downstream of emotion management. If you are being strangled by unprocessed emotions then it doesn’t matter how much time you make for yourself - your emotions won’t let you channel your creative potential.
Your essay is the most beautiful and elegant expression of this formulation that I could have only dreamed of receiving in my Substack inbox on the very day I have thought of this.
Thank you for writing this. I can’t believe how serendipitous this is.
do you ever wonder what the muse really is? i'd also like to think that all forms of creative expression is some form of energy passing through you from a certain muse. we're all mere vessels for ideas and art. but do people wonder or know what the muse really is?
I didn't realise how much I needed this this morning!
You have articulated what so many of us feel on a daily basis, yet struggle to put a finger on. Understanding what you have written feels like a first step in the journey of unblocking yourself and process of inspired creativity,
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful -- the muse spoke and you certainly listened.
What struck me most: "That true devotion is infinite. That the layers of what it takes to be a master are so subtle, so rich, so deep that you cannot even detect what mastery is when you are at the start of your climb."
Perhaps one day I'll be able to articulate better how your writing makes me feel. Today, this will do: reading this essay made me feel jealous and in awe of how much you've worked to be able to write so clearly, so eloquently, so uniquely.
I've chanced upon the muse every now and then and I hope the next time she visits, I've done the work to serve as a channel.
Thank you for this piece!