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How Can Travel Improve my Creativity?
Feeling a little stuck creatively lately? Like you might be in a creative rut or low? Traveling is said to one of the top ‘creativity boosters’ out there! But don’t be turned away because ‘you can’t afford to travel’, I’ve listed some easy and affordable ways that you can still use the adventure of travel to improve your creativity. TAKE A ROAD TRIP – Let the mind wander Going on long road trips could be the answer to more innovative thoughts. Driving on an empty highway can allow the mind to wander and this is when you can have the best ideas! Original ideas need a clear mind or ‘quiet…
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2017 Hustle + Highlights
Let’s reflect on the year 2017, all the hustle and highlights! I really do hope everyone had a great 2017! With another year behind us, it’s important to reflect on all the highlights and the hustle that made us stronger. This year for me was actually mostly about relaxing and doing more creative stuff that I love without necessarily having a purpose to it. Funnily, I only started really listening to myself and following through on these goals half way through the year, as I was preoccupied by my design job and other goals that weren’t as aligned to my core objectives So below is my wrap up of Dear…
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How to Set Creative Goals
A new year, means new goals! Which can be an exciting time but also a daunting time, when it comes to writing down those goals. I’m going to run through a process that I personally follow and is based on my experience over the past few years of setting creative goals for both my design career and product business. 1. The Worksheet (Download My Free Creative Goals Sheet ) This will be helpful for following along with the steps below. Feel free to also write directly into a journal or diary to fill in the information. 2. The Mind Map Firstly it’s a good idea to create a mind map…
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How to Overcome Creative Block
Have you ever felt like you’ve just forgotten everything you know about your creative medium, can’t think of new idea no matter how hard you try and that there is no way you’ll ever be as good as you hope to be? I would like to take a moment here to talk about creative block, as it something all creative professionals struggle with from time to time, and sometimes for a longer time than we would like to admit. It can become self-deprecating and cause an artist to have self-doubt, feel depressed, feel useless and without a purpose, unsure of what they are meant to be doing, a kind of…
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Why I Started Blogging
Before I write more of a personal post on why I started blogging, I would first like to say a thank you for stumbling across this post and actually reading it.. (hopefully to the end) as I believe it is a huge step for me creatively and personally as an artist and a teacher in this world. To be honest it took me a while to write this post and make sure it expressed the exact things I wanted it to, honestly and to the point . I’m a big believer that everyone has a full potential out there, that should and can be reached through exploration, hard work and…
