Reflecting on my current Personal Knowledge Management Workflow
Writing free-flowing daily is still essential, but it’s like playing scales to learn piano. I need to prepare for a concert.
The Most Basic Form of Mind Control is Repetition
Isn’t it?
Like sand piling up on the shore
Building sand castles on the beach is like creating ideas. Go to play with sand. Now.
Creativity preparation rituals: infallible!
Prime your brain with the ritual of preparation. Nothing can stop you when you’re cleaning up your mind and your environment to start doing creative work.
Rebranding the obvious
Why calling something already existing, known, and named with another name?
Planning revisions to prepare for reflection
In a moment of reflection, I am combining two ideas to enhance my creative workflow.
Creative technique: 1-2-3
First: set the problem; two: develop possibilities; three, implement, test, and iterate. Four: break the rules.
Creative technique: list ideas following a prompt
When you’re stuck and don’t know where to start from, take a partner and play to list their ideas following a clear and concise starting question.
Constrain your creativity to make it easy
Having a format to follow, even when flexible and loose, gives the quick sprint of taking care of the topic without worrying about the structure. It gives pace and logical flow.
What to write when you don’t know what to write
If you find yourself in the situation of not knowing what to write you can leverage on your drafts, your notes or on your creative toolbox.