Don’t Know What to Work on Each Day? Try Daily

If you’re struggling with what to work on each day…a daily habit might be the key.

It might seem counter intuitive. Afterall, how is showing up MORE often going to help that?

Here’s how.

The difference between you not showing up consistently and someone who shows up daily isn’t super powers or a discipline of steel.

It’s that daily artists have systems. Systems that make it easier to show up and work.

Artists who work a lot, including daily artists, make some choices up front. Then they set it and forget it. This helps them stop second guessing every single thing and just get in and get painting or drawing.

Put it to Practice:

If you keep finding yourself getting stuck on trying to find the perfect thing to work on each day, try a daily structure for planning projects. Instead of walking in each day and trying to figure it out… create a project plan. Maybe you spend a month working on birds. Or landscapes.

Maybe you take a floral painting class and spend that six weeks using the references provided by the teacher each day.

If working on one specific thing seems too boring, the project could be to draw something unique each day and create a list of images before you begin.

(Find a bunch of ideas for projects ideas here)

The key is that this plan doesn’t have to be forever. It can just be for a little bit of time.

It’s why in the #20for20 Class I teach building a project plan for 20 days. It gives you clarity for a stretch of time (without the pressure of choosing forever.)

Give it a try and see if it helps you get in and get to work. You might be amazed at what you discover. (And if you want to join me inside the #20for20 Class as part of the #20for20, learn more or join here!)