{"id":6445,"date":"2017-09-22T12:02:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T02:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/?p=6445"},"modified":"2020-07-20T12:07:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T02:07:33","slug":"how-to-make-time-for-creative-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2017\/09\/how-to-make-time-for-creative-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make time for creative projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6446\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/How-to-make-time-for-creative-projects-300x300.png\" alt=\"How to make time for creative projects in a busy life | allisontait.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/How-to-make-time-for-creative-projects-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/How-to-make-time-for-creative-projects-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/How-to-make-time-for-creative-projects-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/How-to-make-time-for-creative-projects-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/How-to-make-time-for-creative-projects-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/How-to-make-time-for-creative-projects-610x610.png 610w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/How-to-make-time-for-creative-projects.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I&#8217;m visiting the gorgeous Pip Lincolne from Meet Me At Mike&#8217;s today, sharing my <a href=\"http:\/\/meetmeatmikes.com\/the-5-secrets-of-being-creative-when-you-have-no-time\/\">5 secrets of being creative when you have NO time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re a writer or a painter, a knitter or a sculptor, a musician or an artist of any kind, making time in a busy life for your various creative projects can be challenging.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve talked many times here about <a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2014\/01\/six-reasons-you-should-start-writing-your-novel-now\/\">the importance of not waiting<\/a> to begin,\u00a0of accepting that writing is <a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2012\/10\/an-inconvenient-truth-about-mothers-and-writing\/\">&#8216;inconvenient&#8217;<\/a> (and doing it anyway) and about how<a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2015\/04\/the-week-that-was-routines-rule\/\"> routine and structure<\/a>, while deeply unsexy, are at the heart of creative productivity.<\/p>\n<p>In this post for Pip, I&#8217;m simply extrapolating those thoughts into strategies for any creative pursuit. <a href=\"http:\/\/meetmeatmikes.com\/the-5-secrets-of-being-creative-when-you-have-no-time\/\">Click here to take a look<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6332\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AtebanCipher-300x271.png\" alt=\"The Book Of Secrets (Ateban Cipher #1) is out now!\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AtebanCipher-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AtebanCipher-100x90.png 100w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AtebanCipher.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>As incentive, Pip has an amazingly creative blog and website of her own, and is also offering you the chance to WIN a signed copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/the-ateban-cipher\/\">The Book Of Secrets (Ateban Cipher #1)<\/a>, which is the latest product of my own creative pursuits!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m visiting the gorgeous Pip Lincolne from Meet Me At Mike&#8217;s today, sharing my 5 secrets of being creative when you have NO time. 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