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Reflections on my creative journey: non-answers from a curious artist, for other curious artists.
Any singer will tell you that rolling out of bed and immediately making your most beautiful sounds is an unrealistic expectation. It can take hours of being awake and warming up before you’re in your “best voice.”
I’ve noticed a parallel with writing. It feels like a big ask to roll out of bed and dive into writing something of value. There’s a certain amount of warming up that’s required to activate those creative parts of the brain.
Read moreI love my mornings. They’ve become my favorite part of the day, hands down.
According to Gretchen Rubin, some people are inherently night owls, and others are inherently early birds. If that’s true, I am absolutely the latter.
This is how I’ve structured my mornings in such a way that I feel prepared to move into my day from a calm, rooted place. I hope it inspires you to think about how you can do the same, in your own way:
Read moreWhat I have found to be the alternative to transition practices is a feeling of residual, nagging unease, like I left something undone. My mind continues to spin with to-do items, sometimes hours after I’ve turned off my work computer, preventing me from complete presence and rejuvenation during my non-work hours. I think of it as bad time hygiene: allowing the next part of my day to be muddied by the previous.
Read moreWe’re about one week into the COVID-19 social distancing regimen, and as the days have moseyed by, I’ve compiled a mental list of daily “best practices” that have helped me stay sane so far.
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