We all have those days. You’ve been sitting at your desk for hours, staring at a blank page, and you just can’t seem to get inspired. Or maybe you haven’t even sat down at your desk, yet. You’re just dreading it. You feel unmotivated, drained, and totally unsure what to do about it. Thankfully, there…
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How to Maintain a Consistent Creative Practice
A creative practice is the KEY to a successful writing career. It is the piece of your writing life that will help you: Be creative however and whenever you want. Recharge your creative energy battery. Feel more motivated and less like you have to fight yourself to write Turn your writing hobby into a writing…
Multi-Creating: The Key to a More Creative Life
The truth about multitasking Multi-tasking is one of those things we do every day, even though we know it can actually be detrimental to our productivity. Like Garry Keller and Jay Papasan point out in their bestselling productivity book, The One Thing, “the modern office is a carnival for distracting multi-tasking demands.” In fact, modern…
3 Ways to Jumpstart Your Creativity
Creativity is often considered an innate talent. However, it is also a skill that you can learn, hone, and practice. Because of this, I’ve compiled a list of three things you can do to increase your level of creativity. Ultimately, practicing creative habits will lead to a more fulfilling and creative life. So, let’s get…
Writing as Self-Care: 3 Benefits of a Creative Lifestyle on Mental Health
There are about twenty-thousand reasons why writing benefits mental health. Writing is emotional, raw, and honest. It allows us to get in tune with ourselves, to work through our feelings, and to see ourselves reflected on the page. For these reasons and countless more, writing is a form of self-care. However, I’ll save you the…
How to Build a Creative Lifestyle: Getting Started
Over the years, I’ve learned that writing is not just a hobby or a career path. It’s a lifestyle. Writing requires us to occupy different worlds and make them come alive, and that is a process that does not just happen on the page. It stays with us, follows us to work and to bed…