This month I’m participating in the A to Z Challenge, blogging every day of the month of April, except Sundays, on a topic from A to Z. I’m posting short-form topics meant to get you talking and sharing! Join the discussion in the comments. Today I want you to think about quitting. Seriously. Pretend for…
This month I’m participating in the A to Z Challenge, blogging every day of the month of April, except Sundays, on a topic from A to Z. I’m posting short-form topics meant to get you talking and sharing! Join the discussion in the comments. In a talk she did at a conference I attended, photographer…
This month I’m participating in the A to Z Challenge, blogging every day of the month of April, except Sundays, on a topic from A to Z. I’m posting short-form topics meant to get you talking and sharing! Join the discussion in the comments. From Wired to Create by Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire: “For…
Two different Facebook friends of mine posted the same blog article recently. Linked here, it’s titled “To Anyone Who Thinks They’re Falling Behind.” Being that I have spent my whole life feeling like I’m falling behind, am behind, will forever be behind, but have felt that way even more in the last eight months as…
I hate talking about myself. I do. I really hate it. I’m not a talker; I’m a writer. When, in conversation, someone turns to me and wants to know all about me, I freeze up, I get shy, I try to say as little as possible and then I change the subject, trying to turn…
Nirrimi Firebrace. What kind of name is that? I thought, as I walked to the appropriate building for Nirrimi’s workshop on the third day of the creativity convention I was attending, Promoting Passion. I knew nothing about her besides the description in the convention’s agenda, which was a bit vague. She was a blogger and…
Let me tell you a story about a weekend adventure I put together for some friends of mine. I know, I know, you want the secret. Just trust me for a minute; it will be worth it, okay? A group of my friends had planned to go hiking and peach picking on a certain summer…
“You’re not scared of anything, are you?” “You’re so brave. I wish I could be like that.” “It’s so easy for you to do scary things. I’m not like you.” People have made comments like this to me on many occasions. They think that having courage means not feeling fear. It doesn’t. It means feeling…
This is not a book about writing or painting or sculpting or making music. It is not a book about motivation or inspiration (well, it kind of is, but that’s not the main point). It is a book about asking for help. I’m reading it for the second time after having just finished it the…
Are you sensory sensitive? Oftentimes creators are. I am. For a long time, I was ashamed and thought I had to “fix” myself somehow. But we’re not the only ones who find the lights too bright, the sounds too loud, or the party overwhelming. About 20 percent of the population is born with a highly…