https://open.spotify.com/episode/0dJdoZ6F5a4hEOF9FTlTDS?si=79fa80a269e54b75
Set a timer for seven minutes and make a list of EVERYTHING you want to work on. Projects you want to commit to this week, next week, one year from now, five years from now. This could be goals you have around earning, a book you want to put into the world, an online class you want to teach, an art show you want to have. This list should include hobbies, passion projects, and work related things. Truly everything you can think of!
Stop accruing new debt
Buy a greenhouse
Start a small kitchen garden
Learn to grow flowers
Start a small press
Vision my first six podcast episodes
Add a second bathroom to my house
Write my next book
Work on a series of quilts for a show
Self publish a book of quilt drawings
Paint the bathroom purple
Apply for a further education program
I wrote this in about 1 minute, your list will be much longer. I encourage you to take the whole seven minutes and keep the pen moving to see what flows out of you. Try your best to dream without the considerations of time or money, we'll get to that tomorrow.
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The above list was written in 2023 when I first made the Creative Ideation Portal. It is now 2025 and I am :
Solvent with my finances Bought multiple outbuildings Started a small kitchen garden Self published books of my own Learned to grow flowers Visioned my podcast Wrote my next book Had a quilt show and self published a catalogue to go with it Painted my bathroom purple And am halfway through my grad program In the process of building my credit to apply for a new loan to put an addition on to my house to include a second bathroom
The creative ideation portal WORKS
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My 2025 list :