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  • Wake Up Earlier with a Morning Routine that Sticks
    Make Space to Create - Reclaim Your Energy

    A Joyful Way to Wake Up Earlier: Creating a Morning Routine that Sticks

    October 4, 2025

    Get up early for some you-time before the world starts knocking. It’s what the successful creators and entrepreneurs do, right?  In the wee hours of the morning, the possibilities are endless. You could get in tune with your body for a workout, get a jumpstart on today’s to-do list, or…

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  • Busy Professional's Guide to Creative Self-Care
    Make Space to Create - Reclaim Your Energy

    The Busy Professional’s Guide to Creative Self-Care

    September 23, 2025

    If you see the words “self-care” and scoff, I completely understand. The bubble bath and candles just didn’t do it for me this week, E.  But self-care is so much more than the aesthetic “R&R” moments we see on our socials. It has many facets, and my personal favourite is…

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  • 6 Ways Creative Hobbies Help You Relieve Stress
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    6 Ways Creative Hobbies Help You Relieve Stress

    September 16, 2025

    It’s no secret that many of us feel chronically stressed. We’re constantly pulled in all directions, and when we finally catch a break, all we can do is kick back with a little Netflix before bed. The good news? You can break this cycle by intentionally adding more creativity and…

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  • An Unexpected Hack for Overwhelm: Add One More Thing
    Make Space to Create - Reclaim Your Energy

    An Unexpected Hack for Overwhelm: Add One More Thing

    August 12, 2025

    Do more stuff. Do creative stuff. What on Earth are you talking about – clearly I already have too much on my plate, and your advice is to do more? Yes, but do it for you, and do it for the win. 🙂 What contributes to overwhelm? Overwhelm is a…

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  • Life Lessons from Watercolour
    Make Space to Create - The Creative Practice

    Lessons in Watercolour: Embracing the Chaos and Letting Go

    July 29, 2025

    I wrote this reflection a couple of years ago. Back then, I was just launching the blog but my main hobby was still watercolour painting. I’ve since leaned more heavily into writing, but when this old draft resurfaced, it still felt resonant and true. Perhaps even more so now, standing…

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  • 7 Types of Rest to Restore Your Creative Energy
    Make Space to Create - Reclaim Your Energy

    The Creative’s Guide to Rest: 7 Ways to Restore Your Energy

    July 11, 2025

    Feeling exhausted even though you’re doing all the self-care things? Although you’re making time for rest, you might be missing out on the exact type of rest that you need. Oh yes, there are types. Seven types, if you’re asking Saundra Dalton-Smith, MD who coined this framework for rest that…

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  • Bullet Journaling for Busy Creatives
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    Why I Always Recommend Bullet Journaling for Busy Creatives

    July 5, 2025

    When life gets busy, our creative practices are often one of the first things we let go. This can be start of a spiral in which we slowly disengage with ourselves and lose sight of what matters to us, all for the sake of the hustle. So how do we…

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  • Make Space to Create - Reconnect With Yourself - The Creative Practice

    How to Make ‘Finding Your Hobby’ a Grounding Personal Project 

    July 1, 2025

    Ever feel like you sort-of lose touch with yourself when work and life get busy?  I certainly do. In fact, that feeling inspired an entire series on navigating busy seasons (while minimizing burnout). Part of the reason I wrote it was because I needed a grounding, meaningful personal project to…

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  • Bullet Journal vs Planner - which one works better for you?
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    Bullet Journal vs Planner: Which One Works Better for You?

    June 28, 2025

    In grade school (and all the way through post-secondary, really), my planner was my lifeline. All my to-dos and deadlines were pleasingly colour-coded so that I wouldn’t lose track of any assignments, exams, or appointments. But there was something missing in the whole planner experience. Some weeks, I’d find myself…

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  • Back to bullet journaling the grounding magic of pen & paper
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    Back to Bullet Journaling: The Grounding Magic of Pen & Paper

    June 20, 2025

    I haven’t even written about my digital bullet journaling experience yet, but I’m already back to my analog bullet journal. I suppose I never truly left paper journaling. I digitized the bones of my bullet journaling practice a couple of years ago, but I kept my paper notebooks around (mostly…

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