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Time management in creativity

One of the most widespread excuses which are used by people for an explanation of the unwillingness to apply time management receptions, is such: «At me work creative, and creativity to organise it is impossible». To skilled time managers (for simplicity we name these people so) ущербность this thesis it is obvious: in any work there are creativity elements – time; and creativity gives in to the organisation – two!

In acknowledgement I will result some facts. All know, that there are creative mugs, studios and HIGH SCHOOLS, and students in them that are engaged in creativity under the schedule. The second – how self-organising helped them with creative work, was written by many great writers: Tolstoy, London (recollect "Martin Eden" – product partially autobiographical), from modern – Veller. And the recognised genius of the financial markets (here creative work) George Soros too says, that «the discipline is necessary for art creativity» («Crisis of world capitalism» see).

Yes what far to go, look at modification of the most widespread activity from the beginning of the century up to now. Management at the beginning of the century is Taylor, the per second organisation of work, the conveyor, etc. Management is today a motivation, disclosing of potential of the worker, creation of conditions for creativity. And the same name! And time management probably to adapt both for measured work of the technical expert, and to professional work of the journalist or креатора. The difference will be only in concrete receptions, instead of in basic possibilities. Time Management (or self-organising) can help only in the event that there is a desire to achieve result. If the person is in advance assured what to organise creativity it is impossible, it and cannot make it.

The first question: what for time management of the creative person is necessary? First, time management use will show, where there are real reserves of time. All people, but representatives of creative trades in particular, like to speak: «Ah, I on it do not have time!». Time Management is good that it objectively will show – time is! It should be used only correctly.

Example. Dmitry – the assistant to the art director of advertising agency "ART-IS new". A problem – a lack of time for creation of own sketches (and without them about advancement on a career ladder it was possible to forget). At the same time after the timing beginning has found out, that time large quantity is spent in the car pending while its boss held meetings and negotiations. It has appeared sufficient to break a stereotype, that for drawing the table and some hours of a free time is necessarily necessary to find some 15-minute breaks every day. There is quite enough, that time in 2-3 days to create the quite good sketch.

In this example the hero has applied reception разбивания the creative task for parts. Therefore the first recommendation – it is not necessary to hesitate to do it. It is final, good to allocate hours эдак five and, slowly, under кофеек to compose all entirely. But in practice so it turns out seldom. Therefore follow the elementary scheme: to outline the plan and on one point to realise it. For example, for article writing at first outline тезисный the plan, then on one open the thoughts.

One more recommendation will remember expression «to Hurry up is actually to do affairs slowly, but without breaks between them». Often happens, that people to a limit delay the work beginning, all time interrupt on unnecessary petty affairs, and is then emergency work. Many even speak, what exactly such schedule most approaches them. But as such model hardly it is possible to recommend the general rule. Therefore having begun one business, be not switched to another before end.

It is necessary to tell, that this thesis does not contradict the previous. Cunning not in to interrupting at all, and in to doing some affairs simultaneously, spraying creative energy. Finish, add, досочиняйте – and only then be accepted to the following drawing, article, idea.
One of the main tasks by optimisation of creative work – to reduce time for "considering". Instead of at first composing ideal product in a head, and then to transfer it on a paper, widely apply a principle of "brain storm» – to divide the composition and editing. Therefore, compose – there and then embody on a paper.

Someone will ask, «as it is possible to compose during in advance appointed time?!». Gogol's words which quite often reproached friend Vladimir Sologub with laziness will be the answer to it. On its complaints – "is not written" – Gogol answered: «And you all the same write... Take a pretty plumelet, properly it очините, put before itself a sheet of paper and begin thus:« today something is not written to me ». Write it many times in succession, and suddenly to you the good thought in a head will come! Behind it another, the third, after all differently nobody writes, and the people overwhelmed with constant inspiration, are rare, Vladimir Aleksandrovich!»

And still it is possible to follow the lead of one of masters of domestic journalism of Vladimir Shakhidjanyan: «In a warm season I prefer to walk in Сокольниках and to go across night Moscow roads of memoirs, in search of new plots. I stop the car in any pleasant place and I slander on a dictophone the text of the future book». It dictates articles and books to itself(himself) as though tells to someone about that theme on which wishes to write. And edition, correction, selection of the most suitable terms is all already then when the basic skeleton of the text is actually ready.

Even from journalistic practice it is possible to gather such powerful tool of time management, as the task of deadlines. In printing journalism there is so-called дедлайн, that is a deadline of delivery of a material. Hardly it is possible to reproach «sharks of a feather» with organisation, but, strangely enough, in practice even the most absent-minded and unorganized representatives of a trade in дедлайн, as a rule, keep within. From here a rule – set to itself deadlines of execution of work, and willy-nilly you should keep within them.

And that these terms were realistic, note time, which you spend for performance of typical tasks. In due course will bring statistics and will deduce average time – proceeding from it will plan work further. For example, I write average analytical article for 2 hours (though consider before it I can some days). It allows me to plan working hours, being arranged under these terms.

And at last – speaking about creative work, it is impossible to ignore such thin matter, as inspiration. Here it is possible to tell only one – the inspiration helps, but its absence should not stir. Besides, if creativity – your trade necessary professional quality is ability inspiration to cause. Here it is possible to recollect once again Gogol's words (see above) or to give Tchaikovsky of word: «Inspiration – the guest whimsical also does not like to visit lazy». One great composer is echoed by another – Igor Stravinsky: «the Layman imagines, that for creativity it is necessary to wait for inspiration. This deep error. I am far from absolutely to deny inspiration. On the contrary, inspiration – motive power which is present at any human activity... But this force is put in action by effort, and the effort is and there is a work».

We summarise the basic thoughts:

1.     Believe, creative work gives in to the organisation, that an example many great.

2.     Learn to create during any free moment of time, and such moments always will be. Conduct timing of creative work, and you are convinced of it.

3.     Be not confused absence of inspiration, it comes in the course of work.

4.     Divide in time processes of the composition and critical judgement (editing).