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on scaffolding
“Why is this so hard? Because you’re utterly habituated to steady progress—to completing things, to producing, to solving. When progress is subtle or slow, when there’s no clear way to proceed, you flinch away. You redirect your attention to something safer, to something you can do. You jump to implementation prematurely; you feel a co
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Creativity is not efficient, but it utilizes everything. If you are purposeful and mindful, nothing goes to waste. By leaving a little bit of room in your process, you allow yourself the freedom to follow mental trails that arise or to play a bit with an idea before feeling the need to refine it.
Todd Henry • Daily Creative: Find Your Inspiration to Spark Creative Energy and Fight Burnout
Too often, we think of notebooks as a way-station: a necessary stop en-route to the perfected, polished work of art. But what if the notebook is the work of art? What if the process of taking notes is the point?
It takes a lot of self-awareness and a good amount of discipline to come up with a system that maximizes your abilities and minimizes your bad tendencies. Your process is something you continually refine your entire life—what worked for you at twenty- two might not work for you at fifty-two.