July 2002 Anticrastination Tip Sheet
What's the opposite of Procrastination?
THE ANTICRASTINATION TIP SHEET
A monthly Idea and Tip Sheet to
Help You Avoid the Procrastination Habit
From Rita Emmett
Author of THE PROCRASTINATOR'S HANDBOOK
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Quote For The Month:
If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels
whisper to people when they go for a walk.
---Raymond Inman
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The Creation Of A Nation & Your Creativity
In July, we in the United States celebrate the creation of
our nation. So The ANTICRASTINATION TIP SHEET officially
declares July to be CREATIVITY MONTH. (Well who the heck
ARE those people who officially declare holidays and things like
that. Why can't you and I do the same?)
Let's celebrate ways to power up our own creativity for
those projects we've been MEANING to create but have
procrastinated about.
Have you wanted to start working on, or learn about:
- a musical instrument
- landscaping
- crafts
- acting
- needlework
- singing
- cooking
- wood carving
- writing
- gardening
- sewing
- sculpting
- the computer
- building models
- cake decorating
- creating a pond or waterfall
- ceramics
- photography
- painting
- carpentry
- quilting
- decorating
- flower arranging
- or something?
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You know we ALL are outrageously creative people. You might
find that hard to believe. If you have some fear or
hesitation inside you, and can't get started on that dream,
ask yourself, "What would I do if I knew I could not fail?"
If you DON'T have a dream to become more creative, here are:
20 Ways To Activate Your Undiscovered Creativity
(adapted from Roger Von Oech's book A Whack on the Side of
the Head)
- Go to a bookstore and leaf through five books
you
normally would not pick up.
- Spend a minimum of half an hour in a toy store
or the toy
department of a large store. Play with a variety of toys.
Buy one for yourself, and take it home and play with it.
- Go to the library, and invest at least 20
minutes
looking at books or periodicals in a section of the library
you feel is of absolutely no interest to you.
- Plant some seeds for flowers or vegetables, and
observe the growth process.
- Attend a spectator sporting event that is new
to you.
- Observe two or more children under six years of
age at
play. Become aware of their spontaneity, thought & action
processes, and leadership styles.
- Spend half an hour in a type of store you are
not
familiar with (e.g. antique, yard goods, photography,
computer, etc.).
- Learn the latest dance craze from a teenager.
- Listen to music on a different radio station
each day
for a week. Begin to pick up specific differences in the
music and programming.
- Learn at least one new word each day. Try your
new
word on at least two people.
- Take a class or seminar in a subject you know
nothing
about.
- Take a small child to the zoo, and afterwards,
draw
pictures of the animals you see.
- Observe non-verbal behavior at a boring
meeting.
- Spend half an hour at a shopping mall
"people-watching".
- Personally select, purchase, prepare and eat a
fresh
fruit or vegetable you've never tried before.
- Visit an art gallery, science museum,
planetarium,
aquarium, or botanical garden you have never been to before.
- Join a new group; invite a group of people to
join you
at a play or movie; do SOMETHING to get to know someone
new in your life.
- Whittle something, play with clay on a pottery
wheel,
or do your own abstract painting.
- Dine in a foreign restaurant, and order food
you've
never had before.
- Let your imagination wander and don't censor
your
thoughts.
Enjoy thinking of yourself as creative.
Take just 3 steps toward your dream.
Don't put it off. You don't want to procrastinate, do you?
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Next month: Have you ever reached the end of summer and
wondered where it all went? Ever suspected that you maybe
even procrastinated about enjoying summer? In August, we'll
explore what to do about that. Have fun!
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