Creative Productivity

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Gentle Productivity — How A Lily-Pad Structure Can Hold You

It’s finally school holidays here, so for me it’s time for some more gentle productivity. For the last ten days we have been in end-of-term mode — ‘a liminal space’ as my fancy friend calls it.

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2 Minute Rule: How to Show Up When the Psychology is Against You

Ever heard of the 2 Minute Rule? Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to show up to the daily tasks involved in learning something new?

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Drawing ideas: how to start illustrating your blog posts

Judith was gritting her teeth. She could feel her jaw clenching and her shoulders knotting up. Drawing ideas and starting to illustrate her own blog posts sounded quite do-able but after several attempts…

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24 Ways to Keep Drawing (Even With No Deadline)

Here are 24 practices you can embrace today, to keep drawing and slip into greater cartooning momentum.

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Paperchain Your Way to Progress

How to Paperchain Your Way to Creative Progress

It’s Christmas time and with the festive season comes… a whole lot of decorating! I have a clear childhood memory of my brother and I creating two immense paper chains to stretch across our enormous living room.

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