Autumn will be the start of a busy season for me, so late summer is a great time to get plans into place. Autumn brings with it more art events and fairs and an increase in customers wanting my fine silver jewellery, so lots of making to do.
For many of you, September will mark changes in routine, the end of summer, new school timetables and less time spent in the garden. So it feels poignant to talk about the ways we currently plan and why traditional action plans and list-making attempts don’t always work – a topic I so frequently discuss with both my coaching and art mentored clients.
Our brains are complex wonderful things but rarely do they function in straight lines. How often have you made a list of things to do, yet never achieve it because you have forgotten something important (remembering it in front of the TV later or whilst out shopping). Or something unexpected occurs 2- months later and that lovely 2 year plan has fallen apart already.
words and pictures copyright Carolyn Trafford 2019
My clients are introduced to lots of planning methods but more often than not, they involve, large pieces of paper, coloured pencils/pens, colourful post it notes, magazines and glue. This revert-to-child approach can be great fun and very effective. Items are moved, removed, stuck over the top of, without spoiling a thing. Like brainstorming, deeply buried ideas will surface – who knew you were even thinking it?
I run planning sessions throughout the year on a group or individual basis, so if you’d like to explore Creative Freedom a little more then contact Carolyn today on 07714 216388 today.
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