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Happy new year, all creatives! I hope you’ve had a creative break and are ready to take the new year with giant leaps forward. I’m waving my hand here, ready to go. I took a much-needed rest over the holidays. I did mostly writing as I didn’t have a great place to paint. Now I’m …
If you have ever thought about writing fiction, it’s a great time to start. Start right now. Don’t wait any longer. You don’t need to be retired, you don’t need huge blocks of time, and you don’t need expensive training or courses. Even 10-20 minute periods are enough to learn and progress. There is no …
It’s been a few years since I started writing stories. I sort of fell into it. I didn’t decide to be a “writer.” I wanted to try something different. There was a story I started as a teenager but never finished. It was just one story, but it left me with a feeling of unfinished …
Have you ever been tempted to start writing stories? Are you saving writing until you are retired and have loads of time? Are you looking for something that will spark your creativity? Whatever your reason, if you haven’t tried writing stories as an adult, it’s a great way to get creative. There are infinite possibilities …
When I was grad school for chemistry I called my mom to tell her I wasn’t creative. She dismissed my comment, but I couldn’t. I had a fine background and did well in the courses, but when it came to the research, I had no idea what I wanted to do or what direction to …
Have you found that thing that you care enough about to engage your energy, passion, and creativity? If not don’t worry, it can still be found. It took me years to find something that made me want to engage my creativity and strive to do more and better. I had lots of interests, but none …
Do you feel a little stuck? Or like your life has no forward progression? Or maybe it just feels like there is something missing, and you don’t know what. In short, the spark is dim, and you want to get it back. I’ve been here too. For long periods of time. It’s frustrating when your …
You have all you need inside you right now to be a creative genius. It’s only a matter of finding to let it out. There are loads of lists of how to increase creativity. They are useful for increasing it if you actually do any of them. But you don’t just want to increase your …
I stumbled on this idea of creating your own personal PhD in a newsletter from David Kadavy. I thought it was such a fun idea. Most of us don’t have time or energy to put into a lengthy doctoral program that shuts down everything else in life. But why not create a personal degree that …
How often do you find yourself doing the same thing day after day? If you feel stuck or in a boring routine or a general lack of progress, then it’s time for something different starting now. There is no point in spending your precious time in a mental rut. You need more creativity in your …
