If you are a “learn by doing” person, you must check your perfectionism at the door for it to be effective. Why? At least for me, to “learn by doing” means that you: Perfectionism can cripple the process in a couple ways, either: Hold on – in order to “learn…
My writing… Lacks focus and structure. Not too long ago I wrote a post about the struggle to blog concisely. Honestly, I had a hard time conceptualizing why it felt like such a struggle in the first place. Writing concisely should be easy, right? Is it not just “less is…
Perfectionism is the enemy of the multi-passionate creative. Of course, it’s a problem for any creative, but for a serial hobbyist, perfectionism can be particularly stifling. Why? We tend to deep-dive into many topics or hobbies, and that often means perfection is out of the question. Jack of all, master…
My last post was largely about the struggle to write concisely, specifically in blogging. As I wrote that, I was examining my motivation and realized that while the skill of brevity and the end goal of “being useful” to a reader is important, what I was really interested in was…
So, you know what’s holding your writing back. What will you do about it? Personally, one of my biggest challenges is writing more concisely. (Why is it so hard? I have some theories.) At work, writing more (and more) concisely has been a decade-long process. I try to be mindful…
Here I'm musing on the struggle to write concisely, what I hope to achieve, and four ideas to start writing more concisely and with focus.
I've always thought it's important to pick up your creative medium of choice, uphold your boundaries, fight through your fears, and make art. As I’ve spent more time making stuff, I’ve decided my inner creative warrior is more of a peaceful warrior. A lover, not a fighter. Read on as we discuss…
Showing up to the blank page is hard. Does your day job have anything to say about it? In this post I share my three favourite quotes from my studies in business valuations and explore the parallels between this profession and art.
Running is one of my favourite ways to break through a creative block, but it wasn't always! In this post I share my journey to the joy of running and explore the valuable lessons in life and creativity that it offers.
There’s something about Billie Eilish that pulls me in and makes me want to make things. Can anyone else relate? I was watching the Billie Eilish episode of Carpool Karaoke with James Corden, and I was immediately transported back to my own teenage years, just messing around making music and…
