My theme for the April A to Z blogging challenge is productivity for creative people.
X is one of my favorite letters during the A to Z challenge, because it forces me to be creative. Last year, I wrote about xeriscapes and productivity.
This year, I give you the XEBEC. According to the Oxford dictionary, a xebec is a “small three-masted Mediterranean sailing ship with lateen and sometimes square sails.”
This year, I give you the XEBEC. According to the Oxford dictionary, a xebec is a “small three-masted Mediterranean sailing ship with lateen and sometimes square sails.”
By Ange-Joseph-Antoine Roux - Jean Meissonnier, Voiliers de l'Époque romantique, Edita Lausanne, 1991, ISBN 2-88001-273-2, p.43, Public Domain. Wikipedia expands on this: “The term can also refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea.”
I don’t know a lot about ships, but this one was speedy (and often used by pirates). Let’s stick with the speedy aspect for a moment. What can you do to be lighter, faster in your work? Can you try a quick story draft instead of laboring over a perfect paragraph? How about a series of rough sketches?
How about lightening your own expectations? If you listen to music, do mundane tasks go faster? Can you eliminate distractions to make work speedier? You can also try the Pomodoro technique--spurts of focused work for shorter time periods--as a way to be creative and productive.
Happy (Speedy) Sailing!
I don’t know a lot about ships, but this one was speedy (and often used by pirates). Let’s stick with the speedy aspect for a moment. What can you do to be lighter, faster in your work? Can you try a quick story draft instead of laboring over a perfect paragraph? How about a series of rough sketches?
How about lightening your own expectations? If you listen to music, do mundane tasks go faster? Can you eliminate distractions to make work speedier? You can also try the Pomodoro technique--spurts of focused work for shorter time periods--as a way to be creative and productive.
Happy (Speedy) Sailing!
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