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Welcome to week 3 of Creative Summer 2020. It’s an exciting time for creativity. If you haven’t yet decided on projects and practice, that’s fine. We still have many weeks left to decide what we want to do and get organized. I’m still trying to form up habits and practices. These are difficult times for …
Summer is coming up fast now, and it’s the perfect time to get creative. If you’re like me, you make lots of plans and projects. But it’s easy to find yourself at the end of the summer and you’ve only made a start before getting distracted. I love summer. The sun, the warm days, the …
This situation we are facing is like no other. It’s rare, which is a very good thing. But it shows that sometimes the unthinkable happens. Pandemics, wars, recessions, accidents, political upheaval, and our own personal crises and problems. These are all drastic events that permanently change our lives. They have one thing in common. We …
I don’t bother with resolutions anymore. I tried writing them all out on New Year’s Eve only to watch myself systematically abandon them all, sometimes in a matter of days. Year after year. I never set myself up for success. I would pick things that weren’t concrete with no plan how to make them happen, …
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 …
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 …
Is there anything in life that you have been afraid to do lately? Things that you know you need to do. You don’t need to take on everything you fear. In fact, fear is a very good thing. It keeps us safe. But there are times when these fears get out-sized relative to the challenges …
in 5 years? in ten years? Many of us don’t take the time to think about what direction we want to point ourselves in. Without an intentional direction we tend to drift and easily pushed in any direction. Others will gladly push us in the direction they want us to go, but it’s not always …
