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Week 47 Roundup: Why We Read, Why We Laugh, Flow

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Danbo with a kiwi on his head

Hope all my fellow yanks had a good thanksgiving. If you pay attention to the media messages, you might think that Thanksgiving is just a pre-shopping fueling session for the Black Friday consumer orgy, but the real message is one that can truly benefit people: give thanks for what you have. (Even if you have [...]

Week 45 Roundup: Building Momentum, Creativity Models, and Incubation

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a mug sitting upon a planet floating in yellow space

I’m dug in and fighting my way through this year’s NaNoWriMo, bleeding out my 1,667 words a day as I make my way through a draft of the final volume of a ridiculously large project. Here are a couple observations on starting a new project and building positive creative inertia. 1. Now that you’ve finished all [...]

Week 43 Roundup: Muttering to Yourself, Genetics, and More

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jack-o-lanterns!

Interested in writing while walking, the role of genetics in your inherent intelligence, or the benefits of loneliness? Then check out this post!

14 Ways to Maintain Your Creative Output (During a 50 Hour Work Week)

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a person on a beach getting some serious rest

Even though creative work is fun and rewarding, it’s still work that requires a significant amount of time, energy, and focus. Here I share 14 strategies I use to maintain my creative output while maintaining full-time employment.

8 Lessons in Creative Work I Learned From My Garden

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A modest harvest

This year I planted my first garden. The results are mixed, but I managed to harvest eight lessons in creative work from my experience. Read on….

Riding the Wave

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ocean at night

Wave riding is a conscious decision to best utilize the gifts of a particular wave. You recognize the wave type and determine how to make the most of it. Click to read more…

Nanowrimo Begins in November

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Poor egg, his head exploded

Nanowrimo: a crazy event for crazy people. Writers, are you ready? Nanowrimo begins soon. If  you don’t know, Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) is a free, unpretentious marathon writing session  The goal is to write 50,000 words of a novel in–you guessed it–one month. Participants spend a couple hours every day working on something that [...]

Creativity and Sleep

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Pothos plants basking in the sun

How are creativity and sleep related? How can we use our dreams to generate ideas? Read on to find out…

Creating Conditions for Creativity

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Cool post-it note collage

People create for a thousand highly individualized reasons. They desire self-expression, an emotional release, or maybe some monetary reward. But beyond the desire to create something, what are the necessary conditions for creativity? How can we consciously create and foster those conditions? Click here to read more…

7 Creativity Myths Exposed

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Exploring Creativity Myths

Creativity is a little mysterious, often misunderstood, and shrouded in myth. This post looks at those myths and the reality behind them.

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