Being creative doesn’t mean being chaotic. Some of the most original artists keep strict routines.

The picture of the unpredictable artist is mostly a story about how work looks from outside. In practice, inventive people tend to build fences around the work: the same hours, the same place, the same warm up, so that the only unpredictable part is what gets made. Routine removes the daily argument about whether to start. Structure protects the chaos instead of cancelling it.

Pick a time and a place and keep them the same for two weeks, even when you do not feel like it. Make starting as automatic as you can, with everything already out and ready. Save your decisions for the work rather than the schedule.