Comments on: How to Make Creative Inertia Work for You http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-make-creative-inertia-work-for-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-make-creative-inertia-work-for-you Make Your Own Luck Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Week 45 Roundup: Building Momentum, Creativity Models, and Incubation — Happenchance http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-make-creative-inertia-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5325 Week 45 Roundup: Building Momentum, Creativity Models, and Incubation — Happenchance Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:36:49 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=937#comment-5325 [...] I’m dug in and fighting my way through this year’s NaNoWriMo, bleeding out my 1,667 words a day as I make my way through a draft of the final volume of a ridiculously large project. Here are a couple observations on starting a new project and building positive creative inertia. [...] [...] I’m dug in and fighting my way through this year’s NaNoWriMo, bleeding out my 1,667 words a day as I make my way through a draft of the final volume of a ridiculously large project. Here are a couple observations on starting a new project and building positive creative inertia. [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-make-creative-inertia-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5226 Anonymous Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:45:00 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=937#comment-5226 Hey Dana, thanks for the wonderful comment. Glad I could give you a bit of respite from your long slog through a dissertation. Good luck and look forward to hearing more from you!  Hey Dana, thanks for the wonderful comment. Glad I could give you a bit of respite from your long slog through a dissertation. Good luck and look forward to hearing more from you! 

]]> By: Dana http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-make-creative-inertia-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5224 Dana Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:06:00 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=937#comment-5224 Wow, I just found your website and I love it! It is so helpful! The inner critic and the inertia, I love those. Especially the image of the boat! My boat is so big and heavy, being a doctoral dissertation, and even though I have been tugging at it regularly for a couple of years now, every morning I still wake up and cower before its size and power to call on the critic. Your imagery really helped me laugh at all of it today, allowed me to breathe easier. Frikin' boat! It's a beast!  Anyway, thank you for this site, I am new to it and I only read a couple of posts so far but I really enjoyed it. I suspect your sight will be one of my favorites, to be returned to over and over again to in search of the outside force that breaks inertia and gives you tools to shut the bastard critic up (yuck, I hate the critic. Him and the boat love to have orgies together).  All the best:) Wow, I just found your website and I love it! It is so helpful! The inner critic and the inertia, I love those. Especially the image of the boat! My boat is so big and heavy, being a doctoral dissertation, and even though I have been tugging at it regularly for a couple of years now, every morning I still wake up and cower before its size and power to call on the critic. Your imagery really helped me laugh at all of it today, allowed me to breathe easier. Frikin’ boat! It’s a beast! 

Anyway, thank you for this site, I am new to it and I only read a couple of posts so far but I really enjoyed it. I suspect your sight will be one of my favorites, to be returned to over and over again to in search of the outside force that breaks inertia and gives you tools to shut the bastard critic up (yuck, I hate the critic. Him and the boat love to have orgies together). 

All the best:)

]]> By: Small Wins for Big Gains — Happenchance http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-make-creative-inertia-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4861 Small Wins for Big Gains — Happenchance Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:09:21 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=937#comment-4861 [...] Think inertia here. Getting that first win is difficult, because objects at rest tend to stay at rest. Once you have that first small win, however, you’re in motion, and objects in motion tend to stay in motion. [...] [...] Think inertia here. Getting that first win is difficult, because objects at rest tend to stay at rest. Once you have that first small win, however, you’re in motion, and objects in motion tend to stay in motion. [...]

]]> By: How to Manage Procrastination | Happenchance http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-make-creative-inertia-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1949 How to Manage Procrastination | Happenchance Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:35:25 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=937#comment-1949 [...] Eliminate perfection and aim for results. Perfectionism will only create anxiety and a fear of failure. It’s far better to create something with a 90% amazing factor than to intend to create something that is 100% amazing. Never mind that 100% amazing is damn near impossible to achieve. Just get started and make creative inertia work for you. [...] [...] Eliminate perfection and aim for results. Perfectionism will only create anxiety and a fear of failure. It’s far better to create something with a 90% amazing factor than to intend to create something that is 100% amazing. Never mind that 100% amazing is damn near impossible to achieve. Just get started and make creative inertia work for you. [...]

]]> By: How I Became a Better Writer | Happenchance http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-make-creative-inertia-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1608 How I Became a Better Writer | Happenchance Tue, 04 May 2010 14:38:39 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=937#comment-1608 [...] it. Soon you’ll develop a routine and experience positive creative inertia. That’s all you need to do to begin to develop the daily writing [...] [...] it. Soon you’ll develop a routine and experience positive creative inertia. That’s all you need to do to begin to develop the daily writing [...]

]]> By: The Power of a Routine | Happenchance http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-make-creative-inertia-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-914 The Power of a Routine | Happenchance Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:49:54 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=937#comment-914 [...] well defined, it’s almost like a maglev train. Less friction allowes you to maintain your creative inerta. Occasionally you’re have derails. Other times you’ll find yourself on a siding or even [...] [...] well defined, it’s almost like a maglev train. Less friction allowes you to maintain your creative inerta. Occasionally you’re have derails. Other times you’ll find yourself on a siding or even [...]

]]> By: How to Manage the Fear of Failure | Happenchance http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-make-creative-inertia-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-470 How to Manage the Fear of Failure | Happenchance Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:28:04 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=937#comment-470 [...] Anxiety. The thought that we might fail paralyzes us and prevents us from even trying. If you think about some big idea and you get a weird feeling in your stomach, that’s anxiety. Fortunately, it’s easy to channel this anxiety into creative energy, but you have to get started to do it. [...] [...] Anxiety. The thought that we might fail paralyzes us and prevents us from even trying. If you think about some big idea and you get a weird feeling in your stomach, that’s anxiety. Fortunately, it’s easy to channel this anxiety into creative energy, but you have to get started to do it. [...]

]]> By: Rick Hamrick http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-make-creative-inertia-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Rick Hamrick Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:43:14 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=937#comment-176 One way to think about inertia in the instance where we are talking about a body in motion is what we do in our cars when we approach a red light. We use the brakes as an outside force to alter the inertia of the car, an inertia which will keep it goin' right through the red light unless we take action. The cool thing about inertia is that it acts on our behalf when we are seeking to maintain even the slightest amount of forward progress, as long as we have gotten the doggoned thing moving in the first place. One way to think about inertia in the instance where we are talking about a body in motion is what we do in our cars when we approach a red light.

We use the brakes as an outside force to alter the inertia of the car, an inertia which will keep it goin’ right through the red light unless we take action.

The cool thing about inertia is that it acts on our behalf when we are seeking to maintain even the slightest amount of forward progress, as long as we have gotten the doggoned thing moving in the first place.

]]> By: Ivan http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-make-creative-inertia-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Ivan Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:14:42 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=937#comment-174 Thank you! I would now go on this blog every day! <a href="http://www.noteshamps.com/" rel="nofollow">Ivan</a> Thank you! I would now go on this blog every day!
Ivan

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