If there's one thing I've learned on my path to Simplifying Life, it's this -- Break down the overwhelm in order to conquer it. In my self-published book, Playground Instruction for the Growing Adult, I stated that "tasks are less intimidating (especially the undesirable ones) when you can view them in more manageable, bite-sized work … Continue reading Tutoring Lesson #2: Break Down Difficult Tasks into Bite-Sized Pieces
When there are multiple areas of interest that tickle your fancy, it can be extremely difficult to keep the creative content in one area of focus. Extremely difficult! If I'm honest about the whole thing, I must admit that I'm NOT a fan of the "niche down" and stay there philosophy. And while I can … Continue reading Blogging While Multifaceted: A Blogging Truth and Writing Therapy Reflection
Yes, I know. This isn't Tuesday OR Thursday. I mean . . . I'm straight in the middle of the two with today's correspondence. No excuses for being a day late or a day early. It just is what it is -- a blogging Wednesday for our visitation this week. And if I can be … Continue reading Simplified Balance: A Writing Therapy Reflection and Updates
We can get so bombarded with the overload of information we face each day. It's no wonder we have a lot swimming around there in the old noggin' at any given point in time. And if you're a Creative, who has a tendency to go into creative mode a whole lotta lotta, then I can … Continue reading Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: Simplifying “Too Many Ideas”
Have you ever gone to an all-you-can-eat restaurant and completely gorged yourself with food (because you had the big eyes and thought you had the big stomach) and walked out of the place feeling miserably stuffed? Have you ever sped on the roadways in your city, thinking the extra miles per hour over the speed … Continue reading Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: More Isn’t Always More
Oh boy, do I have a treat for you today. We’re going to get after it with our “simplifying things” process for creative work-life balance. Actually, we’ve already been getting after it with our creative work-life balance discussions for the past few weeks now. But, I’m talking about putting what we’re blogging about and reading … Continue reading Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Goal Setting with The Project Planner
Alright. So, according to our discussion in last week's post, entitled Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Real-Life Examples, we left off with the third piece of the "Big 3" pie. That piece would be our ability to benefit others with the things we do. And to avoid wearing your patience too thin ('cause I've got a … Continue reading Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Real-Life Examples (cont.) and an Announcement
Alrighty. My morning has gotten off to a great start and I decided to wait until this very morning (while I'm rearin' to go) to jot down a few things for you that you're hopefully going to read right here until the very end. It's all about the Big 3 and continuing on with our … Continue reading Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Real-Life Examples
Okay, so last Tuesday, I ended our discussion by mentioning that I'd be focusing on "those areas of life that will move me in the direction of life improvement for Jana for the better." And just so you know, this blog is not a one-sided deal. Therefore, I fully want to bring you along my … Continue reading Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Focusing on the Big 3
Let the creative work-life balance journey begin! Okay, I have a lot of irons in the fire, and it's simply time to stop the madness. There's absolutely no way to successfully juggle everything that I truly have going on right now. So, I've decided to FOCUS on the important stuff in order to keep myself … Continue reading Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Simplifying Things
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