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Actionable Essays to Help Creative Professionals
Build Balance in their Busy Lives
Written by a Nerdy Architect
with 15 Years of Experience Balancing His Own
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Previous Issues of SideNotes
Destigmatizing Mental Health for Your Creative Life
One of the most misunderstood pieces of life—mental health. Today, let’s rework how we see mental health to better our overall health and creative lives.
Why It’s OK to Let Go of Who You Thought You’d Be By Now
Life happens in mysterious ways. Sometimes we need to surrender to it, accept where we’ve been already, and set a new path forward from where we are today.
Why Motivation Always Follows Discipline
Motivation doesn’t just happen. It takes work. The first steps? A little bit of courage and the discipline to see yourself through.
How to Stop Overscheduling Your Creative Life and Reclaim Your Time
The world demands a lot from us. We fill our schedules and often have no time left to spend on ourselves. This is how we reclaim our time.
Looking Back on the Critical First Move I Made to Defeat My Own Burnout (7 Years Later)
7 years ago I burned out. Here’s the first step I took to get out of it and some key lessons I’ve learned since.
How to Leverage the Power of Therapy to Completely Transform Your Creative Life
Mental health is physical health. And therapy is one tool to help you maintain it. Today, let’s talk about therapy, what it is, and how you can benefit from it as a creative pro.