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  • Reclaim Your Energy

    Why I’m Happily Back in the Office (and the Drawbacks of WFH)

    May 29, 2024

    We cubicle bumblebees love to idealize work-from-home arrangements. The reclamation of commute time, the quiet space, the sweatpants… But there's a certain joy that's come from returning to the office after three years!

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    Reclaiming My Creative Space (and Reprioritizing My Life)

    May 15, 2024

    "Put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why it isn't in the middle of the room. Life isn't a support-system for art. It's the other way around." - Stephen King

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  • A home office - working exclusively from home after building your career in-office
    Reclaim Your Energy

    How to Work From Home (After Building Your Career In-Office)

    April 19, 2024

    I was absolutely a work-from-home advocate pre-pandemic. As it happened, we were actually very close to completing a work-from-home proposal at my office when the pandemic struck! How about that for coincidental timing.  With the matter settled, I said goodbye to my “creative cubicle” and set up my little home…

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  • The creative cubicle - haven for inspiration or sign of a cluttered mind
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    The Creative Cubicle: Haven for Inspiration or Sign of a Cluttered Mind?

    April 5, 2024

    Cluttered desk, cluttered mind. Or is it empty desk, empty mind?  Tour a cubicle-filled office and you’ll probably see a moderate amount of stuff on the desks, a few resources on the wall, maybe some personal effects, but occasionally you’ll run into two extremes: Let me tell you, I have…

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  • Making Space for Creativity - a new series on the blog
    Make Space to Create

    New Series: Making Space

    March 22, 2024

    The physical space we give ourselves speaks volumes about the figurative space we give ourselves. In this series, your friendly neighbourhood bean counter explores the spaces in which our fellow creatives work and play, from office to home, paper to digital. 

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Adventures in Writing (3) Authenticity (11) Burnout recovery (9) Confessions of a Serial Hobbyist (3) Creative process (16) Creative routines (11) Journaling + reflection (18) Making Space (5) Mindset shifts (27) Perfectionism (9) Personal Reflections (11) Productivity tips (17) The Busy Creative’s Guide to Bullet Journaling (9) The Busy Season Survival Guide (6) The day job (20) Work-life balance (27)

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