I haven’t felt creative lately. I mean I’ve been writing for my uni work, sure, and it is flowing more or less when I sit with it but I don’t feel very engaged. Excited? Sure? I don’t feel the urge to write my novels. I don’t feel excited for uni to finish so I can… Continue reading Journal entry: feeling creatively meh
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A Life and Content Update (podcast)
Hey guys, today I'm updating you on: What I read this summer and my year's reading goalMy summer writing goal, finished stories, etc.My bike riding intentions and fearsGoing back to work for a new academic yearBack to university for Third Year and a new moduleWhat I want to do with my content for the rest… Continue reading A Life and Content Update (podcast)
Helping You Get Through Creative Blocks
If you haven't already, why don't you listen to my podcast episode which introduces this topic in more of a snapshot? If you already have, brill, thank you! Here I will be going a bit deeper and giving you an actionable plan/ideas to get you going with your creative juices again! Questions to ask yourself… Continue reading Helping You Get Through Creative Blocks
When Your Identity is Questioned (podcast)
Are you feeling like you're not good enough? Like who you are is being examined and questioned? Yeah, same... I think part of the issue (which I didn't talk about in the episode because I rushed it, to be honest, is this culture of perfectionism and performance. Where we want to be, NEED to be,… Continue reading When Your Identity is Questioned (podcast)
What to Do When You Feel Creatively Stuck (podcast)
I've been feeling this resistance lately when trying to create and it's been frustrating! So I sat with myself, got quiet, and this is what I realised... (Companion blog post to follow this week!) Click to play! xx
Creative Freedom (podcast)
Today I would like to just invite you to tap into your creativity. To give yourself permission to create freely: create for the hell of it, others be damned! Click to play! xx
Analysing Our Insecurities: Intelligence
This post is a rough analysis of intelligence as a key insecurity that many of us have. I had analysed this for myself by myself first, but I wanted to share because doing so felt very therapeutic and eye-opening. Some of it is in short-form, like a stream of consciousness of ideas to do with… Continue reading Analysing Our Insecurities: Intelligence
5 More Reasons Why You’re Struggling to Write
I did a previous post about why you're struggling to write, which was a way of sharing all the feelings, realisations, and problems I've had as a writer, too.I've now thought of even more reasons why you may be struggling to write right now, even with the extra time of quarantine... 1 - Your familiarity feels… Continue reading 5 More Reasons Why You’re Struggling to Write
Video: A Message to Creatives and Entrepreneurs
I'm here to speak to you about what it's like to be striving for success and feeling defeated as a creative or entrepreneur in life. Click to play! https://youtu.be/wo6ay69Ehxg Don't forget to subscribe to not miss any videos from Mindset Managed!
Creatives Have These 3 False Beliefs
Starving Artist Lifestyle Most creatives (unless they come from money) believe that they must go through the Starving Artist phase on their journey to success. Worse still, some believe that this is all an artist can ever be. Wrong! Elizabeth Gilbert (the author of Eat, Pray, Love) said something in her book Big Magic that I'll… Continue reading Creatives Have These 3 False Beliefs
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