Starter for ten

I create design work for clients, but in doing that daily for the last twenty years I feel like I have lost the ability to create for the joy of it. This year my personal goal is to reconnect with that and make space to be more creative. I’m kicking it off by going back to basics with an exercise that Andrew Shanahan shared with me called Starter for Ten (S410).

Every morning for the next 30 days I will set a ten-minute timer and write down whatever comes into my head. After that I will do the same with drawing.

Plan to succeed: I will set up my desk the night before so that I’m good to go first thing in the morning

The idea is to loosen up, to create daily and get over the idea that everything I make needs to be perfect or have a purpose.

I will document the process here on this site and on my Instagram stories. Photos will be unedited to keep it real.

This challenge both terrifies and excites me, let’s see what happens.