COVID-19 crisis has brought many changes in our lifestyle. From our jam-packed routine of every day in pre covid times, to the strange enormous amount of time that we’re now spending at home, all thanks to the lockdown; this lifestyle change has now kind of become inevitable, until the time when we’re completely free of the pandemic. Since adjusting to uncertainties seems like the only option to go about, we don’t have to be uncertain regarding our daily schedule of things when we’re at our home.
People who find a silver lining amidst the darkest of situations, must know that keeping oneself safe, sound, and contended would leave a greater impact, as they would not only be able to keep themselves fit in all aspects, but they would also be able to reach out to others through plenty of positivity. After we’ve discussed quite a lot regarding the uncontrollable lifestyle changes, let’s talk about what’s in our control and how can we use our time judiciously in unleashing our creative potential: –
IDENTIFYING AREAS OF INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
The first task to go about before fully exploring your creative potential is to identify the areas of your interests. Many of us before COVID-19 wanted to devote some time out of our schedule to our hobbies and interests. Now that we have time in certain ways, don’t waste it in having a poorly scheduled day. It’s of extreme importance to plan your day so that one can have an idea about the tasks to take upon a certain day, while judiciously segregating time that could be devoted to our creative pursuits. If there’s any activity or hobby that you wished you could follow up with before, or if there’s any activity that you wished you had the time to learn, then it’s the right time to identify your areas of interests and engage in creative activities that could fuel your creative passion.
CONSISTENCY AND PRACTICE
As our lifestyle has undergone a plethora of changes due to the uncertainty that has wrapped us all, it has become quite difficult to retain motivation and discipline in our lives the way that we used to. At this time, following our creative passion can prove to be the best to instigate a feeling of calmness. Not only does following your creative passion can bring about feelings of contentment, a sense of control over the largely inevitable circumstances, and motivation to pay attention to our other day to day tasks; but it can also help you re-develop a connection with yourself, as it’s one of the best media of self-expression.
Is Work From Home Getting On Your Nerve?
Since the worrisome circumstances might have a little wider reach nowadays in engaging best of our mind’s capabilities into traps of uncertainties infused helplessness, but with a conscious effort to develop a good schedule and sticking by it every day can bring out a major difference in our lives. It’s important to segregate an adequate time to your creative passions and following them every day with consistent practice methods. If you’re trying to again get accustomed to the creative skill you’ve already learned or you’re trying to learn the skill you always wanted to, consistency and practice in initial phases towards your creative passion would not only let you explore yourself and the field in a much fruitful way but would also help you reach to a point where it would become an inescapable part of your life.
DEVELOPING RESILIENCE, PATIENCE, AND COMMITMENT
When we try our hands at learning a new skill or again getting accustomed to the creative skill that we’ve learned way back in time, our first attempt isn’t going to be a masterpiece, and even while knowing this, many people don’t retain the enthusiasm and resilience that is needed in their next attempts. It’s very important to have patience towards any new change you’re trying to inhabit in your lives, as not everybody could be a master of everything at the very first attempt. Following your creative passion requires commitment, passion, and resilience from your end.
FOLLOWING EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
As we all know that even if our almost entire day goes by at our home, we’re not free from our tasks and responsibilities. If we’ve cut down on the time that we used to spend outside, there’s quite a lot of time that goes by in our job-oriented tasks, home responsibilities, and whatnot. We’ve talked about time management throughout the article, as it is one of the most important factors to look out for, to be able to devote the necessary time for developing or maintaining our creative skills.
Plan your every day with a rational approach while segregating time for various tasks, and identify those activities or distractors that eat up a lot of your time without even letting you realize it. One of those major time-eating activities is the time spent on various social media and binging platforms. It’s very important to be aware of the time we’re spending on these sites as they are effectively designed to direct all of our attention and time to themselves, without many realizations from your end.
So, being aware of our time-consuming activities and effectively managing them to spare time for creative activities is possible. It’s the right time to get back with any creative skill that you’ve longed to learn or practice.
Stay creative and happy learning!
