Do you get frustrated with your 9 to 5, practical self and wish he or she could help your creative, wanting to sip tea at the local cafe at 11am self? Creativity versus real life commitment is going to be the death of me.

All week long I dream about having that time on the weekend to get out there and take photographs and make something special. As a creative person, I get so miserably frustrated with myself that I cannot manage my time better.

I have been doing some poking around online to see if I can find anyone who has any clever ideas about how to manage this problem. One clever blogger suggested making that time that you make for doctor’s appointments and grocery shopping should also include making time either daily or weekly for your creativity. I have never thought about it this way before. If I get time to shoot, then hooray, but never have I actually thought about penciling it into my calendar and giving myself the time to do it.

Nina from Naturally Nina recently blogged about Artist Dates. An artist date is time you put aside for yourself to go out and do something creative. I think I need to pencil in my own artist date at least once a week.

Today I really wanted to shoot. The weather was gorgeous and due to time wasting in the morning and not getting myself organised the way I should have, it just never happened. I do this all the time and once I am home, I feel this regret and frustration of time wasted. Do you ever feel that?

I think I really need to take a step back with my job. I spend a lot of time after work doing extra things that could be time spent shooting. The weather is so beautiful right now, it’s too good to waste!

Some good ideas on ways to spend an ‘artist date’ and Keri Smith’s article on how to make a living doing what you love is full of great ideas on this topic, whether it be for a career or creativity’s sake.

How do you best use your time or make time for creativity?