Several years ago I was at a crossroads. I liked my profession, but I desperately needed to breathe new life into what I was doing. My work had lost much of its meaning, but unfortunately the next step eluded me.

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A week ago I dreamed I was driving a car on the freeway. Suddenly the steering wheel locked. I couldn’t steer the car in any direction, and I couldn’t even slow down. All I could do was drive forward.

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I know a lot of people who are prolific creators. They don’t seem to get stuck manifesting their visions. If they have an idea for a book, they write it. If they want to create a product, they create it. They don’t always have the money, time or resources to make it happen, but somehow they do it anyway. click to read the rest…

Last week I created a video to show you how I use my weekly planning guide. It was a big hit. Several of you have since asked for more videos, especially one about my idea journal. Others asked me to make more downloadable weekly planning pages. So guess what I did…both! Below is the video about how to create your own idea journal and below that is another downloadable planning page for you, one in black and white that you can color in yourself, the other already completed.

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Instead of writing a long essay, I decided to make a video and give you a free download of a creative weekly planning page. (It’’s Valentine’s Day in a week so the page is in pink…, which is a bit girlie, I suppose, but oh well.)

The video is a continuation of last week’s article on how to turn overwhelm into order by creating small, realistic steps that can help you take an overwhelming idea and turn it into something doable.

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