I ran across an interesting idea at Blue Sky Shining yesterday—a Creativity Calendar. NaNoWriMo winner Terri has made a list of all the activities she wants to do, from knitting to photography, and scheduled each for a single month of the year. She is quick to point out that this isn’t a rigid schedule but a way for her to not forget about some of her interests.

As someone who has a never-ending list of potential projects, I found the idea of the Creativity Calendar intriguing. My other efforts at “scheduling” my creative activities have been pretty vague. “I’ll do that next summer, when I have more time,” I’ll say, but never really get to it. I might resent trying to fit my creativity into a more predictable schedule, but part of me likes the idea of varying my activities over the year and not letting anything fall by the wayside.

It would also give me a place to start when I’m feeling that creative urge but am not sure where to start. I’ve been wanting to start something new lately, whether a new writing project or a completely different creative activity. Now that I’m nearly finished with outlining my NaNo novel, I’m ready to do something different for a while before I tackle the revisions. And I’ll need something to distract me from the horrors of the holiday season.

I’m not sure yet if I’ll construct a Creativity Calendar, but I’ll give it some more thought. What about you?

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