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  • Welcome!
  • Start here
  • Blog
    • Reclaim Your Energy
    • Reconnect with Yourself
    • Make Space to Create
    • The Creative Practice
  • Mini Series
    • Confessions of a Serial Hobbyist
    • Adventures in Writing
    • The Busy Season Survival Guide
    • Making Space
    • The Busy Creative’s Guide to Bullet Journaling
    • The Rapid Log
  • About the Writer
  • Let’s Connect
  • Newsletter
  • Resources
  • Easing into the New Year with simple shifts and tiny wins
    Make Space to Create - Reclaim Your Energy

    Easing Into the New Year With Simple Shifts and Tiny Wins

    January 21, 2026

    Hello and welcome! Okay, we’re just over halfway through January. Did you make resolutions? Did you set intentions? How are they going? Personally, I’ve spontaneously started a new personal art project — one I’m really excited about, and that is just for me, as I frequently recommend on the blog. …

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  • At the threshold of a new year: 2025 reflections and 2026 intentions
    The Creative Practice

    At the Threshold of a New Year: 2025 Reflections and 2026 Intentions

    December 31, 2025

    Hello, happy holidays, and brightest wishes for the New Year!  I’m writing to you from a liminal space — that (hopefully) quiet and contemplative time between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. A perfect time to sit still with the year that was, and to start setting intentions for the year…

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  • The Quick Guide to Work-Life Balance
    Reclaim Your Energy

    The Quick Guide to Work-Life Balance: Simple Steps to Make Space for What Matters

    September 9, 2025

    What is work-life balance? How do you achieve it? Does it even exist? This is such a challenging topic, and for better or worse, I love a challenge.  I spent thirteen years as a public practice accountant, a career notorious for challenging one’s concept of “work-life balance”. In fact, I…

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  • Navigating Your Bullet Journal: Migration, Scheduling, and Threading
    The Creative Practice

    How to Use Threading, Migration, and Scheduling in a Bullet Journal

    September 3, 2025

    Bullet journaling starts out simple: flip to the next available page, and start writing.  But as we fill it up with life’s commitments, events, and musings, navigating it in a logical way can feel a bit complicated: These are great questions, and honestly, they’re also great cases for using purpose-built…

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  • 5-Minute Reset: A Simple Routine to Declutter Your Mind and Refocus Your Day
    Reclaim Your Energy

    The 5-Minute Reset: A Simple Routine to Declutter Your Mind and Refocus Your Day

    August 29, 2025

    Ever notice how often you need to switch gears in a day?  We refer to these as “transitions” in the world of parenting. They can be tough on kids… and adults, honestly! In this post, we’ll expand on the 5 things you can do in 5 minutes to get grounded…

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  • Beyond Basic Bullets - Exploring Bullet states
    The Creative Practice

    Beyond Basic Bullets: Exploring Bullet States

    August 26, 2025

    When I first started bullet journaling, I struggled with organizing my tasks. They seemed to be all over the place, and I didn’t have a solid system to keep track of them.  That was until I got used to using bullet states! These are what keep your system flexible, your…

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  • Beyond Basic Bullets - Customize with Signifiers
    The Creative Practice

    Beyond Basic Bullets: Customizing Your Rapid Logging System with Signifiers 

    August 18, 2025

    The key that unlocks the magic of bullet journaling? Rapid logging with signifiers.  A refresher: Rapid logging is a quick, shorthand method of journaling that uses “bullets” to denote tasks, events, and notes.  Bullets can also change states, such as turning a dot into an “x” when a task is…

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  • Bullet Journaling for Busy Creatives
    Make Space to Create

    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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  • How to Use a Bullet Journal: Key Spreads & Methodology
    The Creative Practice

    How to Start a Bullet Journal (Simple Guide + Rapid Logging Explained)

    June 28, 2025

    If you’re new to bullet journaling but overwhelmed by all the spreads, trackers, and routines out there, you’re in the right place! The key to getting started is to keep it as simple as possible. A simple routine is easier to adopt and quicker to become second-nature. (That’s the point…

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