by Tressa Beheim | Dec 15, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
We all get the message each year that the holidays are supposed to be a joyful, celebratory, most wonderful time of the year. We see the ads, the holiday movie snippets, the happy posts on social. My wish for you is that this is true. That the holidays are wonderful...
by jlouden | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
Not liking your creative work is as common as being hungry and as fixable as getting a snack. But us creatives forget this when we’re in the middle of an “I suck” marathon. We can grind to a halt for weeks, months, or years. But it need not be...
by jlouden | Nov 10, 2021 | Why Bother, Why Bother
I just taught in-person for the first time in 2 years (yay!) and I made calming the body a centerpiece of each writing day. Mid-week, one writer said, “I had been stuck for months on my book, going in circles, and I had no idea I was in fight and flight. I always knew...
by jlouden | Oct 20, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
I’m doing a series on creative burnout. Read Part 1, Part Two and Part 3 if you wish. We do not create in a vacuum. We stand on the shoulders of those that have come before us. We draw on inspiration and influences from a multitude of sources. We rely on other...
by jlouden | Oct 13, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
I’m doing a series on creative burnout. Part 1 is here and Part Two is here. Once upon a time, I spent four years working on a memoir that never jelled, and then, right on the heels of letting that project go, I quickly wrote a non-fiction book proposal that my agent...
by jlouden | Oct 5, 2021 | Blog, Creativity, Self-Care & Comfort, Why Bother, Why Bother
I’m doing a series of creative burnout. Part 1 is here. There is one very simple thing that I know helps me tremendously when I am feeling creatively dry and friable. It’s simple but not easy because our brains do not want to do it, so as I tell you about this very...
