Long
-
Term
Creativity
Goals
WE E K LY
2
goals
Repeated
week
to
week
,
in
the
calendar
—
not
in
intention
.
01
Protect
ten
focused
hours
of
practice
each
week
Log
roughly
520
deliberate
,
distraction
-
free
hours
per
year
in
the
core
medium
—
measured
in
a
practice
journal
,
not
left
to
whatever
time
remains
.
DEEPEN
T HE
CRAFT
02
Keep
a
humane
weekly
rhythm
Defend
the
calendar
:
dedicated
creative
hours
,
evenings
and
weekends
that
genuinely
rest
,
and
no
more
than
a
handful
of
all
-
nighters
a
year
—
burnout
is
the
enemy
of
longevity
.
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T HE
PRACT ICE
M O N T HLY
2
goals
Repeated
month
to
month
,
on
a
fixed
date
where
possible
.
03
Read
sixty
books
on
craft
and
creative
process
Roughly
one
a
month
,
across
the
history
and
theory
of
the
medium
,
biographies
of
makers
,
and
the
literature
of
creativity
—
with
notes
that
feed
directly
into
the
work
.
LEARN
&
EXPAND
04
Hold
a
monthly
critique
circle
Keep
a
standing
group
of
five
to
eight
trusted
peers
who
trade
honest
,
specific
,
sometimes
uncomfortable
feedback
—
attendance
is
the
commitment
,
not
participation
when
convenient
.
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&
CO NNECT
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AN N UAL
4
goals
Repeated
every
year
of
the
five
-
year
horizon
.
05
Master
one
new
medium
each
year
Take
five
unfamiliar
disciplines
—
watercolor
,
motion
graphics
,
ceramics
,
sound
design
,
printmaking
—
from
first
contact
to
confident
,
resolved
work
over
the
five
-
year
period
.
DEEPEN
T HE
CRAFT
06
Take
an
annual
working
retreat
Give
one
to
two
weeks
a
year
to
a
place
away
from
home
and
routine
—
a
residency
,
a
borrowed
studio
,
a
quiet
coast
—
where
a
single
major
project
receives
undivided
attention
.
LEARN
&
EXPAND
07
Teach
thirty
workshops
and
mentor
twenty
creatives
Lead
public
workshops
or
classes
each
year
and
sustain
a
small
cohort
of
one
-
on
-
one
mentees
,
passing
the
craft
forward
and
learning
what
teaching
reveals
.
CO NT RIBUT E
&
CO NNECT
08
Treat
rest
as
part
of
the
practice
Take
two
true
off
-
grid
breaks
each
year
to
read
,
wander
,
and
absorb
without
producing
—
recovery
is
where
the
next
round
of
ideas
surfaces
.
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T HE
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BY
2 0 2 8
3
goals
Three
-
year
milestones
that
establish
the
body
of
work
.
09
Publish
a
book
-
length
work
Complete
a
first
collection
—
essays
,
stories
,
or
a
full
visual
series
—
and
bring
it
to
publication
through
a
publisher
or
a
professionally
produced
independent
edition
by
the
end
of
2028.
BUILD
A
BO DY
O F
WO RK
10
Finish
twelve
major
projects
Produce
twelve
substantial
,
fully
resolved
works
in
the
primary
medium
—
each
one
gallery
-
ready
,
publishable
,
or
performance
-
ready
—
rather
than
sketches
,
fragments
,
or
abandoned
pieces
.
BUILD
A
BO DY
O F
WO RK
11
Earn
a
signature
By
2028,
develop
a
body
of
work
recognizable
as
yours
before
the
name
is
read
—
a
consistent
voice
,
world
,
or
visual
language
that
no
one
else
could
have
made
.
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T HE
CRAFT
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BY
2 0 30
4
goals
Five
-
year
outcomes
that
make
the
practice
last
.
12
Create
a
living
archive
of
the
practice
Document
every
finished
piece
,
rejected
draft
,
and
failed
experiment
in
a
searchable
online
archive
so
each
year
of
work
visibly
builds
on
the
last
and
nothing
is
lost
.
BUILD
A
BO DY
O F
WO RK
13
Complete
one
deep
mentorship
Spend
a
structured
year
under
a
working
professional
whose
practice
demands
respect
—
paid
,
regular
,
and
built
around
genuine
critique
of
real
work
rather
than
advice
.
LEARN
&
EXPAND
14
Collaborate
outside
the
field
Make
five
cross
-
disciplinary
works
with
an
engineer
,
a
chef
,
a
musician
,
a
scientist
,
or
a
choreographer
—
enough
to
keep
the
practice
porous
and
questioning
itself
.
CO NT RIBUT E
&
CO NNECT
15
Earn
a
living
from
the
work
By
2030,
generate
at
least
thirty
percent
of
annual
income
from
original
creative
work
—
sales
,
commissions
,
licensing
,
grants
,
or
teaching
—
not
client
service
alone
.
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