It’s hard to achieve anything unless you have a personal mission statement. Here’s a personal story: I knew for several years that I wanted to get my MBA, but when I applied the first four times, I was rejected. Each time, I thought my application was pretty good. I had my transcript, I wrote a […]
7 Simple Daily Habits to Boost Your Creativity
Creativity is for everyone – it isn’t just for artists, musicians, writers, or photographers. We use creativity in our everyday lives, whether finding solutions for problems at work or cooking dinner, or anything. I personally use creativity tools and skills throughout the day. Many of them have become second nature, and creativity has become a […]
How to Be Productive While Staying in Balance
I get a lot accomplished each day, and I also don’t experience burnout. However, it wasn’t always like this for me. I have struggled to get things done. I’ve also experienced and then healed from burnout. I’ve seen both sides of the coin. My life fell out of balance several years ago, and I developed […]
How to Start a Journaling Habit and Stick to It
Journaling has been an amazing tool for self discovery. I use it to practice writing, build my creativity, have gratitude, vent, and do whatever I need to do to live a great life. My journal system really helps me so much in my life. However, it wasn’t always this way for me. It took me […]
Top 8 Favorite Quotes About Creativity for Inspiration
One of my favorite tools for inspiration is to read through lists of amazing quotes. When it comes to creativity, there have been so many wonderful, creative people out there. I find each of them to be inspiring in their own ways. I thought I’d put together a list of some of my favorite quotes […]
How Giving Perpetuates Giving
Last Halloween, I went to a local Halloween costume shop to buy some accessories for my flapper costume – my all-time favorite, but I broke my necklace and needed a new headpiece… When I got to the checkout, the cashier asked me if I wanted to donate money to a local children’s hospital. Of course […]
Using Real Life to Inspire Writing Topics
As a writer, I know how hard it can be to find ideas. Some days, they flow freely, other days, it’s a struggle. That’s why I’ve had to develop some tricks that will help the ideas flow. One way I find inspiration is by observing my real life. There’s so much inspiration all around us! […]
Learning Self Compassion through Dance
It was a steamy evening in the upper room of a local smoke shop, where I attended my first West Coast Swing lesson. The wooden floors carried the faint scent of tobacco, and the dim lighting gave the room a cozy, almost clandestine feel. People were chatting and stretching, some reviewing footwork in the mirrors, […]
Healing from Mistakes I Made In My Writing Career
When I first learned how to write sentences and paragraphs, I knew I wanted to be a writer. I loved the written word so much that I wanted to express myself. I wrote my first essay soon after I made that declaration, and my first poem followed not long after that. I found that writing […]
My Favorite Quote about Creativity Helped Fix My Writing
When I stopped writing, my creativity ended. Initially, I had stopped because I was burned out. I didn’t realize that quitting completely would make the situation so much worse. What could have been a recoverable burnout ended up stretching into a several year period. Sure, I did heal. However, I made it unnecessarily difficult on […]
How to Be Consistent Even When It Feels Hard
I originally write this as part of the Ship 30 for 30 cohort that I joined several years ago. At the time, I was struggling with consistency. It seemed simple on the surface, to write an essay each day. The essay was short, after all, Yet, I still found myself struggling. I wrote this piece […]
Best Book I’ve Ever Read on Creativity and the Artist’s Life
There are countless books about creativity and what it means to live a creative life. Over the years, I’ve read most of them, books on the writing process, on finding inspiration, on navigating blocks, and on staying motivated. Some were helpful. A few were even great. But one book stands above the rest for me: […]