Hi Betsy, We can’t bully the muse. It only gets more scared to stop by and hang out for awhile.

Hi Tess, It’s a great technique.

Hi Suzen, Distractions can be good if we use them for creativity. We just need to have a good balance of focus and play time.

Hi Evita, By not pushing you are letting the moment be more natural and enjoyable.

Hi Megan, It’s funny how that works. When we don’t expect to get much work done we hit the sweet zone and time ceases to exist.

Hi Positively Present, Thanks.

Hi Stacey, Listening to what we really need is important. We then start to find those moments that make us maximize our creativity.

Hi Lance, We all need some good procrastination in our life. If we have time for it.

Hi Wendy, I love lists. When I write something down it frees me up to focus on the most important things first. After I’m done a task I can go back to my list and do the next important thing.

Hi Hayden, The flow is vital to getting great work done.

Hi Sara, I hate those days too. We all need a take breaks to pull ourselves away and when we come back we have a fresh perspective.

Hi Nadia, When we try to bully ourselves we stress and lose our creativity. Our best stuff hides from us.

I learned the hard way that the best thing to do is to have no plans and just go with the flow. Sometimes when we have certain expectations of what we want to accomplish, we may stress ourselves out if it just is not working or happening on that day.

So my advice is to just go with the flow. Things that need to be done will somehow get done in a much more enjoyable manner than if we are wasting time by stressing about what is not working. Just my two cents. Hope all is awesome!

But these type of days do happen. This post is good reminder to take it easy on ourselves when they do happen. If we can’t write, we do something else for awhile.

For example, I like to watch funny videos…laughter has a way of loosening me up and sometimes it’s makes Izzy, my muse, more willing to work…she’s not so fond of my laugh:~)

Thanks for this post:~)

Thanks for the post

I see it as a sign to take a break, clear the mind.

Even if it’s only been 15 minutes.

I’ll never forget one of the most productive feeling days I ever had. And I didn’t do any work related activities. A Sunday – I cleaned the house, went for a walk with my husband, stopped off after said walk to our favorite pub for a drink and a snack, came home and turned on the football game while I worked on my jigsaw puzzle.

That day was a matter of listening to my inner self and doing what I wanted to do rather than what I thought I should do (ie, work).

Like you, I need to let creativity flow when it wants to flow. Sometimes it surprises me. I’ve learned to surrender to the process of writing. There are days when I think I can sit and write for three hours, but I’m lucky to get through one. Other days I think, “I’ll just write for 20 minutes,” and four hours go by and I wow myself. I had a goal of writing my first book in three months, and finishing before summer kicked in. I did not meet that goal, but by trusting it was all right, finished the book in a way I couldn’t have otherwise. The end result allowed me to rewrite it halfway through (that shocked me), and what I ended up with was so much better than how the whole thing started. If I’d forced myself to stay true to the three-month schedule, it couldn’t have happened.

Trust Universal timing. You’re being led, and yes, sometimes even to procrastinate!
Your book will be a HUGE seller, so give it the time and space it deserves.