Category: Tips
A deeper look into creative process and tips to make your best work.
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Last week, I had a heartfelt exchange with an independent artist finding their way towards sustainable fashion. It’s really hard to go against the way things are, she told me. I’m trying to stick to my ideals and offer value, and there’s simply no template for what I want to do right now in the…
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In a startlingly depressing statistic I read recently, only 3% of people actually finish writing their novel… which means 97% of people have the best intentions and end up quitting somewhere along the way. Here’s my advice on how to be the 3%.
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Here’s an update on our Youtube Channel and vlogging. We had our first viral video and… it definitely wasn’t what I expected. The internet continues to be a strange, surprising place.
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Unfortunately, or fortunately, i’m interested in a lot. I dabble. I like writing books (and I’m working on one), I like blogging, I like creating videos… and a ton of other stuff. So, I struggle with consistency because as you can imagine, there’s pretty much no effin’ way to do all the above consistently all…
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For the last three years, I’ve been compelled to snap photos of objects for no reason other than they’re pleasing to me. These aren’t photos I share or post, but I keep them on my phone and something about them makes me happy. I didn’t get rid of them even when I deleted photos because…
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There are few things I can say have changed the course of my life… this book, meeting my husband… discovering leave-in conditioning. You know, big stuff.
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We all have ideas. Whether you believe they posses the same magic as I do, everyone has experienced the various ways ideas come to you, leave you, and once in a while, are made manifest through you.
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I’ve picked up a habit from back in my journalism days at UF. My first writing teacher there challenged us to become observers finding the interesting story in our day-to-day surroundings. In one particular exercise, she tasked us to leave class and go walk around campus to find a story. The direction was simple: observe…
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