How To Stay Organized As a Busy Creative Entrepreneur
pleasurable planning for success
What tools do you use to stay focused in the midst of endless creativity, inspiration, and growing to-do lists?
As an entrepreneur, working from home or laptop wherever I may be, I don't dread the workweek or have the Manic Mondays that some people do.
I love the opportunity to be creating what I'm passionate about and working when and where I want to.
However, I do feel a creative overload sometimes from thinking about ALL the big ideas and projects I'm working on and want to achieve.
That HUGE list of things I want to do just keeps growing - with emails, websites, blogs, social media, events, sessions, podcasts, interviews, videos, summits - not to mention all those books I want to write and art to make!
And self-care! Have to remember that.
Creating a plan and making written goals, really helps my brain to relax and enjoy each task that I'm working on, and trust and allow the flow of the creative process to proceed in the right order.
Writing things down is the first step in visioning, creating, planning, and organizing.
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My Top Tools for Planning:
JOURNALING
I love journaling! The act of writing things down on paper makes an idea into a real form, a physical manifestation of my intent. First I get all my ideas out that I want to work on. Then, I reorder and prioritize and take notes. Next, I'll schedule it onto my calendar and set the time to actually make it happen.
BULLET JOURNAL
For the last few years I've been using the Bullet Journal method for analog organizing my gridded Moleskins, and it's really great way to track all the awesome ideas you write in your notebooks.
My favorite notebooks for Bullet Journaling are the Leuchtturm notebooks, for they have amazing paper quality, and an index right in the front to keep track of your topics. This is my #1 favorite planning tool.
COLOR
I also love using multi-colored fineliner pens to add color to my journaling in both my Bullet Journal and on big blank sketchpads. I like to create colorful rainbow mind map expressions of my ideas on paper. Just like coloring and drawing are now popular for meditation and calming, creative doodling and freestyle writing out your ideas with colors is similarly a calming and creative way to ignite those inspirations from within while focused on your goals.
STICKY POSTERS
Another tool I use a lot to plan out my business and projects is giant presentation sized sticky post-it notes, which I write on with colored markers and stick all over the walls while planning and brainstorming ideas in groups or individually. This is a great tool for project planning, team meetings, coaching sessions, and as a teaching tool.
Keeping our ideas flowing and life organized is vital to be able to be fully present in the moment while working on projects.
I hope these ideas inspire you to make it pleasurable to plan and organize all your great business ideas and projects.
Many blessings,
Kara