Hey Bo. Hey Matt. Are you ready to tell the readers about the extra special episode we have coming up?
I think we have to let them in on our little surprise.
Yeah, if you haven't already figured it out, the Queen of Christmas herself, can't believe this, Mariah Carey will be joining us this week.
Wow. Readers, publicists, Katie's and finalists, tune in to maybe the most unforgettable episode of Lost Culturistas yet.
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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Good morning. This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is that the work brings inspiration.
If you want more ideas, set aside a regular time to do creative work.
Most likely, the ideas will get in the habit of coming.
Today's tip is based on my recent interview with novelist Camille Pagan.
Recently Before Breakfast has started featuring one longer episode a week, where I interview someone interesting about how they take their days from great to awesome.
Camille has written a lot of books.
She also coaches other writers.
She tells them that one of the most important things they can do is to set aside a regular time for their writing.
It doesn't have to be much, but it has to be regular, and it has to be something.
Here's why. If you set aside 6 to 6 45 a .m.
most weekday mornings for writing, your brain starts to think of this as creative time.
It starts to come up with ideas, knowing that you have the time to take them seriously and to execute on them.
Your brain builds a habit.
Whereas if you wait for inspiration, well, inspiration, may be a long time in coming.
The work brings inspiration, not the other way around.
I think this is great advice.
I have been blogging about four times a week, for the past 15 years.
I don't always know what I am going to write when I sit down to post on my blog, but because I have been doing it so regularly, when I sit down to post, I always come up with something.
Some stuff is better than other stuff, but the work brings the inspiration.
You might find the same thing.
If you carve out 30 minutes at night most days for your drawing, you might not always know what you are going to work on, but when you get to those 30 minutes, you will do something.
The regular practice means you will create more art and thus create better art than if you hadn't had the practice.
Choreographer Twyla Tharp wrote a whole book called The Creative Habit, in which she talks about just this.
She would spend time regularly just trying out movements.
As she got older, she hired dancers to try out her physical ideas.
But she still built in regular time for this creative experimentation.
Now, people like Tharp and Pagan do creative work for a living, so they can usually carve out more time than people with day jobs.
But a lot of Camille Pagan's clients have day jobs, so they look at their schedules and they see what can work.
For many busy people with jobs and families, it's going to be a time in the early morning.
If you are a night owl, it can be time at night.
Some people make do with sessions on each of the weekend days.
A little bit of time Friday night, Saturday morning, and Sunday morning can also work.
Three times a week is a habit.
But don't tell yourself that you will do creative work when you feel like it, or when you come up with a good idea.
Good ideas find you when you have built in space to do creative work.
We often think of this as happening in the other direction, but it isn't true.
The work creates inspiration, so best to do the work.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of our time.
Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.
If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at laura .lauravandercam .com.
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Hey, Beau. Hey, Matt.
Are you ready to tell the readers about the extra special episode we have coming up?
I think we have to let them in on our little surprise.
Yeah, if you haven't already figured it out, the Queen of Christmas herself, can't believe this, Mariah Carey, will be joining us this week.
Wow. Readers, publicists, Katie's, and finalists, tune in to maybe the most unforgettable episode of Los Culturistas yet.
Listen to Los Culturistas on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
On Thanksgiving Day in 1999, five -year -old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, was found off the coast of Florida.
And the question was, should the boy go back to his father in Cuba?
Mr. Gonzalez wanted to go home, and he wanted to take his son with him.
Or stay with his relatives in Miami.
Imagine that your mother died trying to get you to freedom.
Listen to Chef's Peace, the Elian Gonzalez story, on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
