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Keep Calm and Create: How to Manage Stress and Be Productive
If you’re going to be stuck in the house for a while, won’t be traveling, might save an hour or two of time because you don’t have to commute, etc, you should have little to no excuses for not getting your creative work done.
Now is the time to start furiously putting out content. Buckle down and decide that this is the moment where you’re going to stop BSing with your craft and build momentum.
I’m not making light of our situation right now, at all. I’m being serious about the fact that you’re probably going to be in situations where you won’t have access to many ‘fun’ activities, the number of errands you’ll run will be reduced, and a bunch of non-essential activities are going to be cut out of your life.
Why not make the best of this time and put an emphasis on your creative work?
With more people sitting at home with nothing to do, hours of Netflix watched will surely increase, but so will activities like reading. If you’re a writer, now is the time to put your work in front of people.
Your art can serve as entertainment, education, and/or inspiration to people who need high doses of all three right now. People look for save havens when the world spins out of control.
