“If the anxiety is about the deadline, then the energy really focuses on the result. If there is not anxiety about a deadline, all of the anxiety goes right to the creative part.” -Christoph Niemann
I just read a great Behance interview with Christoph Niemann. While being a phenomenal illustrator his tips on workflow are spot on. The above quote I extracted from the interview is such a true concept. What we need as creative professionals is to find a happy medium where there’s enough of an urgency to get things done but not so much as to stifle creativity. If I had all the time in the world to build a site I wouldn’t know where to start and then I would get finicky about every single detail finally bursting into an OCD tantrum. I find that to build a simple website working in two-week to one-month sprints works best. Having more time than this makes me want to find distractions and I end up getting less done with my time. To be productive I need to be engaged in flow, not anxious. And having too little, as well as too much time, can be detrimental.
