The Creative Habit 001

A book recommended to me as one of the better business books ever written is Twyla Tharp's The Creative Habit: Learn it and use it for life. So far a very revealing read in-between World Cup soccer matches and fence building — all of those tasks that wheedle their way into life and replace opportunities to create artwork.
The revelation is something I already know — rather than rely on bursts of intermittent inspiration a disciplined, habitual approach to creation produces consistent and high quality results. However, Tharp recognizes how difficult it can be to maintain a rigorous and disciplined lifestyle and encourages the inclusion of small and comforting habits amongst the larger moments of discipline to act as triggers that encourage one's mind to switch on creation.