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Life-Changing Quotes on Creativity from Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

July 13, 2020 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

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If you’re a creative person (in any form) and you read only one personal development book this year, let it be Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert. It’s a therapy session, spiritual guide, best friend, and bible of truths that anyone wanting to live a creative life should ... READ the POST

11 Quotes on Creativity and Self-Doubt to Inspire You

February 11, 2020 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

One of the most common roadblocks that stands between people and their creativity is self-doubt. We are our own worst critics. It may seem like some people are immune to this particular block (or any creative blocks, for that matter) but the truth is that everyone experiences self-doubt. Even the ... READ the POST

Embracing the Discomfort of Being a Beginner

January 6, 2020 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

One of the quickest ways to kill your dreams is to be unwilling to be a beginner. The beginning is full of unknowns. (And the unknown is scary.) It's clumsily stumbling your way through, learning your way around, taking wrong turns, making mistakes, course-correcting. Figuring shit out. Being ... READ the POST

Why You Should Embrace Your “Worst” Projects

September 2, 2016 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

I'm a perfectionist. While this trait gets a pretty bad rap, I think it can actually be a strong one once you learn how to make it work for you rather than against you. Once you tame it, so to speak. Perfectionism is only bad when you let it immobilize you. If you use it to strive for the best ... READ the POST

Why Your Creative Process Isn’t Your Enemy

May 4, 2016 by Lindsay Leave a Comment

I've wasted a lot of time telling myself my creative process was wrong. Somewhere along the way, between being a free-spirited kid writing about her dogs and a young adult realizing that writing could be a career, I started to look at my creative process as my writing's (and every other creative ... READ the POST

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