on growing a creative business as an emotionally-driven artist — dealing with moods and energy, creative procrastination, paralysis inertia, and guilt.
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it took me only three days to find my greek island ritual - waking up alone in a house by the sea is really waking up to the rhythms of the weather - outside, and within me.
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i've returned from two months of sleeping on friends' couches in new york city back to berlin — to an unrecognizably beautiful, green summer, and it feels like becoming a newborn again — like opening my eyes at each new day, and asking myself: what do I want to do with myself? how do I wish to be?
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these days while traveling, I've found a renewed appreciation for morning rituals — as a daily means of nourishing and centering myself, no matter what emotional and physical place I'm in. I wanted to log and share a simple 30 min centering ritual that I practice — which never fails to make me feel better: more centered, calm, and soothed. I hope it helps you, too.
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a process i adapted for myself for overcoming inertia
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following the flow vs. keeping house
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in order to make the most of a day, a life, an endeavor?
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only three elements you need: motivation, momentum, pleasure
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why learning the creative process will help you do anything
Read Moreon allowing a day to flow without plans or routines — how time feels like water.
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a methodical roadmap for people who have lots of ideas, goals, and intentions for their lives, but struggle with consistent follow through —A very cyclical and loose 5 step process to building a vision-business-legacy-castle of your own.
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A fundamental skill in the hard discipline of caring for oneself is discerning the difference between false comfort and nourishment.
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how to wake up early even when it’s winter and nobody’s forcing you to
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how to sleep early despite being at the mercy of a self-imposed, flexible schedule, the creative muses, the tango gods, and a nocturnally inclined, musician boyfriend
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This is my list of 13 nourishing practices I keep coming back to everyday and every week, no matter where I am on the emotional spectrum.
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on designing an addictive environment for artistic pursuits
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When you’re working for yourself, the hardest part isn’t doing the work; the hardest part is juggling all the little things surrounding it. In this post, I’ll share how I compartmentalize, juggle, and manage all the different types of tasks I do as a one-person operation.
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Why and how I strived to break the wake up-check phone impulse, and created more mindful, focused mornings. This rule has made the biggest difference in my productivity and wellbeing.
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When you’re driven and ambitious, the natural thing to do is to set really high standards, and be hard on yourself until you reach them. Growing up, I dreaded — then learned to love — unsmiling, disciplinarian Chinese or Russian-style teachers. The standard was perfection. Good work wasn’t to be rewarded, it was to be expected!
But since graduation, getting a 9-5 job, quitting my 9-5 job, starting a business, and growing into myself as a full-time creative, I’ve changed my mind about the way I frame hard work and expectations.
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