One week ago I went for a walk. I would call myself a fairly dedicated walker – getting my 10k steps a day is like brushing my teeth. I can rely on myself to get it done. But unlike brushing my teeth: I really enjoy it. I do my best thinking when I walk. My […]
When I first began my path attempting to become a ‘professional’ freelance illustrator, I figured part of the journey was to shmooze with other illustrators and go to networking events. Which I did. It wasn’t easy for me though – I would literally have to drag myself along to these events – and usually after a drink or two […]
At the time, I thought it was just the last-born rebel in me that provoked me to leave my stable 9-5 job in exchange for the free range, freelance life. I thought I was just being a bit of a brat; unable to ‘cope’ with the London commute and inability to control how I spent […]
Patience. UGH! I’ve been told I was impatient since I was a small child, whining the obligatory ‘are we there yet?’ from the backseat of my Dad’s stuffy Ford hatchback. I despised waiting for anything. Even school holidays were a drag. But then, school was even more of a drag. Patience is something I still […]
Part of my half-woo-woo, half-mad-scientist approach, is to regularly adopt new behaviours that might benefit me. I treat them like a high school science project. Usually they’re given a 2-week ‘experiment’ window, before I decide to keep it around, tweak it, or bin it. Affirmations are one of these, that began as a 2-week experiment, […]
I’ve recently started to take proper notes when reading non-fiction books, because (1) my memory sucks and (2) I am obsessed with Derek Sivers’ book notes, and wanted there to be more out there. So, rather than put all the responsibility on Mr Sivers, I’m doing my bit for the cause. I also figured it might […]
Listening the amount of podcasts I do, reading the amount of books and blogs, and watching the odd Youtube video; I take in a boatload of information from ‘experts’ in the creative industries. Now, I do this because (1) I enjoy learning (2) I enjoy thinking and (3) I like these people. BUT. The amount of […]
I think it was Jess Lively (yes, that is her awesome real name) who introduced me to the idea of writing to my intuition every morning. My whaaa? Yeah… I really was disturbed when I heard this concept. I’ve never considered myself ‘intuitive’ in any way – until the Myers-Briggs personality test told me I […]
If you couldn’t tell from that title, today’s post will be on the woo-woo side. Hopefully you’re ok with that. Quite honestly, I know a couple of years ago I would have looked at that title and thought “Screw that, gimme 10 ways to get more t-shirt sales!” But I’ve come to see that there’s […]
