An Invitation | Creative Boundaries & Saying No Masterclass

Your writing is not a reward for getting everything else done.

A common challenge for our creative work is that it gets squeezed out of our schedules. It’s not squeezed out by disaster or by anything we couldn’t, technically, have said no to. Instead, often our creative work is squeezed out by the accumulated weight of everything else: family obligations, social commitments, favours, requests that assume we’re available because we usually are.

This month’s lunchtime Creative Mindset Masterclass on Monday 3 August is about understanding why our creative time keeps being the soft thing in the schedule, then building the practical tools and the mindset to change that.

You’ll leave with

• A clear, specific understanding of what you’re actually protecting and why it matters
• Practical language for saying no without lengthy explanation or apology
• A strategy for managing the guilt that comes with protecting your time
• An understanding of how to protect your creative vision, not just your calendar
• Your writing time officially in your diary before the session ends

Your creative work is not a reward for getting everything else done. It was never supposed to be. Come and decide to treat it like what it is.

What we’ll cover

• The mindset shift (15 minutes)
• 5 practical strategies with interactive exercises (25 minutes)
• Community Q&A (15 minutes)

Who this is for

• Writers whose writing keeps being the first thing sacrificed when life gets busy
• Writers who feel guilty closing the door and sitting down to write
• Writers who’ve tried to protect their time before and found it doesn’t hold
• Anyone who needs to hear that their writing is a legitimate use of their time, not a luxury