(I) What I am working on and what I struggle with

An average week during the term, that is, not super busy but also not not-busy.

Versus I need this.

Think Screens Stole Our Attention? Medieval Monks Were Distracted Too.

Though medieval monks struggled with attention as we do, the ‘managerial’ model for artists & creators is relatively new.

The Death of the Artist—and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur

“Hard-working artisan, solitary genius, credentialed professional—the image of the artist has changed radically over the centuries. What if the latest model to emerge means the end of art as we have known it? . . . After World War II in particular, and in America especially, art, like all religions as they age, became institutionalized. We were the new superpower; we wanted to be a cultural superpower as well. We founded museums, opera houses, ballet companies, all in unprecedented numbers: the so-called culture boom. Arts councils, funding bodies, educational programs, residencies, magazines, awards—an entire bureaucratic apparatus. As art was institutionalized, so, inevitably, was the artist. The genius became the professional. . . The training was professional, and so was the work it produced. Expertise—or, in the mantra of the graduate programs, “technique”—not inspiration or tradition, became the currency of aesthetic authority. . . Creative entrepreneurship, to start with what is most apparent, is far more interactive, at least in terms of how we understand the word today, than the model of the artist-as-genius, turning his back on the world, and even than the model of the artist as professional, operating within a relatively small and stable set of relationships. The operative concepts today are the creator and the network, along with the verb that goes with it, networking. A Gen‑X graphic-artist friend has told me that the young designers she meets are no longer interested in putting in their 10,000 hours [to get really good at once thing]. One reason may be that they recognize that 10,000 hours is less important now than 10,000 contacts to get their work circulating out there.”

(II) Solutions

The Daily Routines of 12 Famous Writers

Daily Routines

10 Morning Routines of Highly Creative People | Artsy

The Rituals and Routines of Famous Artists

What unites these routines:

• ‘Flow’ + ‘Deep work’

Why I work on my most important things in the mornings:

• I am in charge, I am not responding to the world and its needs and requirements of me;
• My brain is now deregulated by constant stream of information and content that will come throughout the day;
• Late at night also good if that is your vibe, the key for me is creating longer stretches of time with undivided attention;
• On the other hand, I also need to supplement that with collective experiences of being/working together.
• However, once you reset your brain to crave writing or making things, you will want to do it everywhere, on the metro, during the breaks you have etc .(true story 🤒)

Time relaxing: