The document discusses the author's experience taking up sketching as a lockdown hobby. Some key learnings included scheduling creativity into the daily routine, letting the mind go beyond boundaries for a period of time, and detaching from outcomes. While product management relies on attributes like data-driven decision making, analysis, and clarity of outcomes, overusing these skills can lead to issues like analysis paralysis and decision fatigue. The author recommends incorporating more whole-brained creative activities into the daily routine to boost energy levels and balance analytical thinking.

1. Learnings
from a
lockdown
hobby
A M B I L Y M E N O N
T E C H N I C A L P R O D U C T M A N A G E R
I N T E L E M A T I C S A U S T R A L I A

2. "It is only by drawing often, drawing everything,
drawing incessantly, that one fine day you
discover, to your surprise, that you have rendered
something in its true character." Camille Pissarro

3. The sketching routine
1. Take a break from work – go for a walk or get a coffee
2. Only think about what to sketch- nothing else
3. Come up with an idea
4. Go back to desk and sketch for not more than 30 minutes
5. Take a pic and publish on Instagram
6. Not looking at who liked/followed

4. Key Learnings
1. Scheduling creativity into day to day
2. Let mind go beyond boundaries for sometime
3. Detach from outcomes

5. Product Management attributes
1. Data Driven Decision making
2. Analysis and logical thinking
3. Clarity about outcomes
4. Plenty of Passion

6. Flipsides
Lack of whole brained thinking leading to :
1. Analysis Paralysis
2. Decision Fatigue
Also, how fast can you bounce back from a failure

8. Bringing in whole brained
thinking into your day to day
Choose any creative activity you like, not necessarily good at
Add this to your routine- bound it with time but let imagination go boundless
Publish for pleasure, the return of investment will be your hiked energy levels!

9. Questions/Comments
More of illustrations here –
https://www.instagram.com/ambilymenon21/