I struggle with dividing projects into action items. I always want to dive in and try to do it all at once.

That’s not possible of course but it doesn’t stop me from trying.

Yesterday, though, I tried working through a project plan using a template in Todoist and it felt really clear. Not easy, but clear.

And now I am tempted to make everything a templates project.

I wonder if that would work?

I capitalized the W in work not because of title conventions but because I get all kinds of work done but I am not getting enough Work done.

I’m not digging into the kind of brain-engaging, satisfying work that is most important to me often enough and I want to change that.

I know part of the reason is that it is difficult to marshal the energy for that type of work. The fact that it requires me to keep track of different sets of information is also a factor. And that kind of work takes more time than random tasks do – thinking time and writing time and revising time.

And it’s hard to know where to start to give myself time and space to get to that work.

But, as I tell my coaching clients, and as I try to tell myself, if I don’t know where to start then I can start anywhere.

So I’m going to start by making a list things I want to write about and see if that helps me move forward.

I accidentally clicked on the wrong thing on a drop down menu and posted a random thought about (clothed) art modelling to a very public blog.

I’m not going to repost it here because that feels weird.

Anyway, the other thing I did yesterday was discover that the behind-the-fence flower I can see on my daily walk has sent up green shoots.

Last week felt very hectic and I found myself scrambling a lot.

I don’t want to repeat that this week so I am trying to figure out what will help me develop a feeling of ease and orderliness.

My brain is not keen on that plan.

It takes a lot of effort for me to imagine all the things I want to get done and to consider prioritizing them so my brain just wants to forge ahead and hope for the best.

I know that doesn’t always make for a satisfying week because I end up being reactive instead of responsive.

I end up prioritizing ‘on the fly’ which doesn’t always result in good decisions.

It often means that I get a lot of tasks done but I haven’t done my important work.

So my question for myself this week is “How do I make it easier to prioritize my tasks?”

I don’t know the answer yet but I am going to work on it.

Truth be told, every day is Creativity and Innovation Day for me but I like that there’s a day when I can remind everyone to join me.

Creativity is the lens I use to look at the world.

It’s a tool I use in every part of my life.

It’s a problem-solving approach.

It’s about seeing what *is* and what else *could* be.

And EVERYONE can bring their ideas and their experiences together to create new things, to solve problems, and to mix and match what we already have.

Creativity adds more fun to my life.

And I hope you let it add more fun to yours too.