Ursula K. Le Guin’s Creative Schedule and Wisdom

Already burned out on scheduling and planning; and feeling all of those New Year’s resolutions, intentions, hopes, and dreams crawl back into the shadows until late December? Creative inspiration can still come.

Beautiful image by Oregon State University in Wikimedia Commons — Ursula Le Guin, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89862953

I have a confession to make. Ever since I wrote about schedules and daily planning, I have come to resent Ben Franklin and think his hallowed schedule completely obnoxious. In fact, I think journaling to-do lists made me sick this past week. Instead of feeling inspired by Benny’s morals-obsessed daily journaling, I started to think, “Oh go fuck yourself. Do I need to do good every goddamned day?” I consulted my Power Circle about to-do list illness, and I resentfully called him all kinds of unfair names.

Getting Organized For a New Year and Thoughts on Daily Schedules

For the record, I still very much love my First grader’s schedule. It’s only getting better with age. You can read about it in the link. Take ol’ B.F.’s schedule with a grain of salt like I now am, or find the inspiration that…