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Is Your Time To Create Limited Or Non-Existent?

Is Your Time To Create Limited Or Non-Existent?

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The Creative Scratch: Finding Time to Build When Your Schedule is Full What do you do when you have no time to create, but you desperately want to? This is a problem that I have been dealing with in my own life right now. My job is very time-consuming. Some weeks I'm putting in the standard 40 hours, and other weeks I might be putting in 50, 60 hours or more. I know that there are some people who put in even more than that. Between managing a career, being a husband, raising five kids, and balancing church responsibilities, trying to squeeze in time for creative passions is a constant challenge. I get to the end of the week sometimes and I just kind of feel like: What did I even do with myself this week? Where did all the time go? Then the next week starts and it feels like, Here we go again. I am a creative person. I love to draw, and I love to paint. I love to write fiction, and I write song lyrics (I can't actually write music, but I do like to write lyrics, and on a very rare occasion, maybe some poetry). I also like to read, though I rarely get to pick up a book. Sometimes we just feel trapped. We might find ourselves on our knees, if we're religious, saying, "God, what do I do in this situation? You put into me these desires to create and I have no time to act on them in any way or fashion. You gave me these desires because they bring me joy, and because there's no time to create, I feel a lack of joy in my life at this time. I feel stuck." That is how I feel right now in my life in a lot of ways. I feel stuck. But I feel stuck with Jesus—and I would rather feel stuck with Jesus than without Him. Squeezing in the Scratch: The Sticky Note Strategy This last week, I looked for little bits of time that I had here and there. I got myself a fresh pack of sticky notes last time I was at Walmart (one of the nice, tall stacks). Now, at the start of a meeting, I might doodle something quick and little. If it looks like it's a meeting that's going to be very attention-consuming—meaning I've got to pay attention—I'll do something small and fast just because I need to scratch that creative itch. I need to get a little bit of joy from doing so. I know the meeting is about to be draining, and I know that I need to prep myself mentally for it. A little sticky note sketch sometimes is enough to give me that extra bit of joy before doing something intensive. Unexpected Beginnings: From Changing Tires to Desktop Art I have the benefit of working a desk job now, and I have for just about my entire career. But one of my very first jobs was working at a tire shop. I got pretty good at changing tires, but one day the business computer was stolen. My boss kept all of his receipts for years, but his only digital copy of the business records was on that machine. (It wasn't even that great of a computer for the time, but someone still stole it. It would do thieves good to learn more about the hardware they're taking before they make the effort to break in somewhere—though that's not advice for thieves. Don't steal. That's my real advice.) My boss was a man who liked to help young people from less fortunate backgrounds, often hiring those who had been in trouble with drugs or the law to help them get their lives back on track. I went to the same church as him, and he knew I needed work, so he offered me a job. After the theft, he pulled me aside and said, "All of my records are gone. I need them all recreated. You're the only person in this shop who doesn't come from a problematic background, and I know I can trust you. Would you be willing to rebuild all of this for me?" He pointed to a massive pile of semi-organized receipts. I said yes. That was my first desk job. It took me weeks to get through it all. The other guys in the shop would look at me and say, "Why does he get to sit at a computer?" I’d reply, "Well, come look at the work that I'm doing," and they’d immediately back peg: "Okay, yeah, I'm gonna go back to changing tires." I always thought that was amusing. They thought they wanted to do it until I showed them the numbers and how I was balancing them. Then they decided they were better off changing tires and talking to people. Ever since then, through a church mission, college, tech support, and eventually entering the tech ecosystem as a developer, I’ve been at a desk. But my first love was never development. The Hidden Artistry of Technical Work I pursued a career that I honestly never intended to. When I first felt prompted to become a developer, I argued: You want me to do this professionally? I didn't even enjoy this the first time I tried it when I was 16. But the impression I got back was clear: Yes, because it will let you provide for a family. And it has done that very well, allowing my wife the option to stay home and raise our five kids, which was a situation we intentionally sought and prioritized. But even though my primary job is technical, I’ve realized that coding in and of ...
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