Creative Mapping Practice Sessions
I’ve been thinking, ‘What would it look like to design our lives one tiny step at a time?’
TINY, REGULAR STEPS:
In Atomic Habits, James Clear talks about a photography professor who divided his students into two groups on the first day. One group would be graded on the quality of just one photo taken all semester, and the other group on quantity of photos.
At the end of the semester, the highest quality photos all came from the quantity group.
A practice that takes tiny but regular steps is often a surprisingly expeditious way of moving forward.
I recently tried to write one tiny song every day (yes, I'm into tiny houses, and tiny songs, and carving tiny spoons... I'm sure we could Values Map the reason for this) The rules: spend less than 10 minutes writing, and the song length has to be under 60 seconds.
Because of this practice, I wrote songs that otherwise would have never existed. And the (snobby) perfectionist songwriter in me was humbled by how good some of them were.
SO HERE’s THE EXPERIMENT:
Practice Sessions are mini-workshops driven by a single Creative Mapping prompt: a single question, a list, a map. In just 15 minutes, you will gain the perspective you need to take one small step forward in your main project, relational landscape, job, business, or more.
There is at least one Practice Session per week. Sign up for a one-off session whenever it fits your schedule.
What do you think you can shift in just 15 minutes?
Think about it like this: you can learn a lot from a one-off session with a great personal trainer, but the real progress comes from your daily workout.
This is your daily Creative Mapping workout.
Practice Sessions are a great place to start if you’ve never done Creative Mapping. And if you’ve worked with me in the past, this will be a great refresher on a single, focused prompt, connected to your larger practice.
READY TO PRACTICE?
You can sign up for as many sessions as you like. Add a separate Practice Session to the cart for each date you would like to attend* and continue to checkout.
*Keep 1 in the 'Quantity' section unless you're signing up for multiple people on that date.
More about Practice Sessions
What this is:
a series of very short sessions (approx. 15 min), in an ongoing practice (approx. 10-100 years)
a group call on zoom led by Chris
bite-sized: one single prompt, map, or tool at a time (I'll probably spend 4-7 min introducing the prompt, and you'll spend the rest of the time working on it)
a chance to try to learn one small thing about yourself, your project, or your ecosystem
the most inexpensive way I've ever offered Creative Mapping sessions
an experiment-- the tools are tried and true, the format has never been attempted
What this is not:
a full intro to Creative Mapping
a course that you have to attend all of (these are standalone sessions, you can come to one or some or all in any combination)
an in-depth training or workshop (I give lots of those too! Feel free to check them out here)
a one-on-one call (I offer those too occasionally, book here)
a Q&A or a chance to have a long conversation (some sessions will have space for short questions)
a quick fix, magic bullet (this is meant to be one step in a longer journey that takes regular work)
*Please note that Practice Sessions are recorded. Contact Chris with any questions or concerns.