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Creative addiction
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Robert Genn
Robert Genn is a professional painter, has written books on art, and leads seminars and workshops.  
By Robert Genn
Published on 09/2/2006
 
Replacement "units" can be tailor-made to the previous addiction. A cigarette, for example, burns down in about eight minutes. The idea is to make eight-minute poems, paintings, or whatever. These units can be repeated in about the same frequency and timing as the previous addiction. This is habit management and it can be a lot of fun.