Time Management for Creative People - Donald Ross - Review

It's as simple as that. If you know where you want to go and where you are now, everything in between is a simple gap-filling exercise. And that will be your plan.

Rating:

2/5

Recommendation?

The overall moral of the story was a nice reminder but it was too repetitive for me to recommend it.

I got this book as a present from my internship colleagues and when I flipped through it, it looked quite interesting.

When I started reading it definitely sounded like the right book for me. For example, it describes having more ideas/to-do's/to wants than time, which is basically my daily struggle.

There are lots of fun pages with jokes and sketches and stuff which made it a light and quick read and at first, I enjoyed reading it. The main point of the book is to say no to things and slim down your to-do list. There were examples and exercises to help you choose which things to do or not to do.

However, it got repetitive very quickly. The point of just do less ended up being the only point that got pushed. "Learning how to say no for creative people" would've been a more fitting title since it was going on about having less to do's and not really on how to work more efficient on creative projects.

Since it was a present and a very quick read it was for me a nice reminder to focus first and only on the projects/things I need or want to do most and not at all my ideas at the same time. I do believe that if I had spent my own money on it I would've been disappointed.

In the end, they also mention and explain an app that was created so at that point it also felt like the book was more to promote the app and explain the reasoning behind making the app than a well-thought-through book.

For these reasons, I'm giving the book a rating of 2 out of 5 stars.

Thank you for reading and don't forget:

It's okay to say no sometimes.

Hugs to all and much love!