We're fastly approaching the coming month, and I'm still amazed at how the time has flown.

Welcome to the Silver Art Studio - get comfy, get yourself a cuppa, and read on...

So, today I'll be writing on finding the balance when you've got 101 ideas floating through your head, but struggling to get it all down the way you want. I've recently found a burst of inspiration with my novel-writing. I hope to one day publish a set of novels on a fantasy realm I've created.

I sometimes set goals like 50,000 words to reach per week, and sometimes I set smaller goals like just aim for 500 words a day. Now, generally, folks working in self-help and psychology would say set small goals. It's S.M.A.R.T. goals, isn't it?

To make your goal S.M.A.R.T., it needs to conform to the following criteria: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timely. And that's a really good way to measure small successes - I find that the best way to START in setting goals for oneself.

But how can we aim higher?

Sometimes, I think it's healthy to have crazy, out-there dreams. Setting limits is good, in that you think sensibly. Yet, we look at kids and say they talk the most sense. They set crazy goals, they say "I'm gonna be an astronaut.", despite never researching it nor knowing much behind it. Because, from that, you can create a limit for yourself in allowing no limits. It sounds weird, and maybe it doesn't make sense yet...

But, those weeks I set a 50,000 word goal, I generally found myself working harder than when I set the smaller, more bite-sized goals.

Some part of me wants to prove me wrong, and wants to say NAH, I CAN DO IT!

Either way, however you do it - as long as you're making and creating, you're doing you and leaving your mark. 

Another way I work is 'productive procrastination', in which I set myself a goal, and then proceed to do every single OTHER goal I have (even in my subconscious of subconsciousness!), until I've exasperated all other options and must face my fate.

It's a weirdly wonderful habit I've developed... However, I must say it leads to many a great creation - therefore, is it all really that bad?

How do you keep creating? Do you have the same habits?

Add your hints and tips down below - I'd appreciate 'em. Thanks for reading, and until next time...

- Silver K.