Category Archives: Productivity

Meet the Enemy Part 6: Harboring

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is the sixth installment in a weeklong intensive, with one or two exercises per day (which are bolded). Please, if you follow this series in full or part, share your valuable experience and reaction to the enemy. And of … Continue reading →

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Meet the Enemy Part 2: Habitat

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is the second installment in a weeklong intensive, with one or two exercises per day (which are bolded). Please, if you follow this series in full or part, share your valuable experience and reaction to the enemy. And of … Continue reading →

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Downsizing the Alarm

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Adena Atkins

Over the summer I stopped meditating in the mornings. It was a deliberate decision–a friend and I were working our way through Julia Cameron’s artist workbook, Finding Water. Cameron suggests writing three full pages of freestyle freehand each morning, a … Continue reading →

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Art and Amazement

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Adena Atkins

This is a refinement of a post I wrote a little while ago called Art and Choice. I was trying to tease out the difference between what’s commonly known as mundane and artistic activities. I noticed that there was a … Continue reading →

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Just a Minute…

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Adena Atkins

This may be my shortest post ever; just a tip. I find it useful to know how many breaths I cycle through in a minute. I breath as slowly as possible to cut down on variation and also because it’s … Continue reading →

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Art and Choice

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Adena Atkins

To borrow a prompt from the back of Oprah magazine, as I remember it from cross country plane rides, this I believe. Every human is creative. Living is creative. All of creation is a creation. We already lead Art Full … Continue reading →

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Productivity Has Stages

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Adena Atkins

Like usual I’ve been thinking about productivity–after all sustainable creativity is the core focus of this blog. I realized I didn’t have a description for kind of productivity I’m courting. Efficient productivity is accurate enough, but it conjures up an unfortunate … Continue reading →

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Part 2: Thirsty Restless Zombies

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Adena Atkins

For those of you who don’t know, the Restless Zombie series is about getting better sleep, so as not to live like restless zombies. This past week, as planned, I decided to look at what substances I was putting into my … Continue reading →

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The Restless Zombie Habitat Check In

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Adena Atkins

For those of you who don’t know, the Restless Zombie series is about getting better sleep, so as not to live like restless zombies. Last week’s focus was habitat. We looked at a few questions that lead us to supportive … Continue reading →

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Part 1: The Restless Zombie Habitat

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Adena Atkins

For those of you who don’t know, the Restless Zombie series is about getting better sleep, so as not to live like restless zombies. This week’s focus is habitat–if you want to participate, answer these questions: What environmental changes would … Continue reading →

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