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How the KISS Method Can Simplify Your Complex Creative Life
Our creative lives are complex and chaotic. When we lose sight of what matters, we lose part of ourselves. By keeping things simple, we get that vision back. The KISS method is a way to infuse simplicity into our lives.
How to Track Your Time: 3 Simple Steps to Transform Your Creative Life
Creative life can get away from us when we don’t know where we’re spending our time. Take control of your time and take control of your life.
How to Stop Feeling Like an Imposter and Start Creating Meaningful Work
Imposter Syndrome is a common psychological phenomenon that affects creatives of all kinds. We pressure ourselves into feeling like frauds and get stuck. This is how to spot imposter syndrome and remove it from your creative life.
Self-Care Summer: 5 Wellness Practices Every Creative Professional Needs
Creatives are always busy, but Summer can be a time of growth, rejuvenation, and self-care for every creative pro. Here are five key wellness practices that will help you enjoy your own epic Self-Care Summer.
How the Eisenhower Matrix Can Help Radically Improve Your Creative Life Balance
Creatives struggle to find balance in their work and in their lives when they mismanage their tasks. A tool called the Eisenhower Matrix can help Creatives categorize and prioritize their tasks so they focus on what they love doing. This Comprehensive Guide will help you understand the Eisenhower Matrix and how to use it in your own Creative Life.
No One is Doing it All: How to Let Go of Creative Life Comparisons
The perfect life doesn’t exist. But the world does everything it can to make us think it does (and everyone but you is living it). Let’s talk about Comparison Anxiety and how we can break free from it.