The Power of Productivity

One of the things I've noticed recently is how productivity can have a huge impact on your feelings of self worth. By now, I've well documented the ups and downs of my mental health, trying to address where it goes wrong and where it gets better; honestly it's making me a little sea sick. It's …

Making My World Small

One phrase my therapist mentioned within our first ever interaction was that I was "making my world small". That stuck with me. It's a simple sentence that encompasses so much about how I deal with my problems and how I cope with anxiety/depression. It'll be different for everyone, we're all on our own journeys, but …

Evidence of Self

What evidence do you have that things are going to go wrong? Last week I discussed how I am trying, and hopefully succeeding, in turning fear on it's head and making fear an opportunity. This ties in great with both appreciating uncertainty and, what I'd like to talk about today, evidence of self. One thing …

Making Fear an Opportunity

Closing a door, opens a window. Being afraid, creates an opportunity. I've written before about the Laziness of Fear; in which, I discuss how sometimes when I'm being 'lazy', it's actually that I'm scared. Now, I'd like to address how fear presents an opportunity for us. A few weeks ago, I'd describe my working world …

Trusting Ourselves and Our Audience

I want to talk about something called trust. Not the usual kind though, I want to talk about trusting ourselves, our content, and our audience. Trust is often hard to come by as many of us deal with instances in our lives where trust can and does become an issue. Perhaps we're let down one …

Reflections of a #WiPW

It's the end of the month so I'm taking a moment to just look back at some of the WiPW Guest Posts we've had already since it! I've been so proud of Work in Progress Wednesday, and I am so lucky to have already had such talented Guest Posts already. WiPW is, in itself, a …

Establishing my Creativity Business with Wendy – A WiPW Guest Post

The whole purpose behind this series, Work in Progress Wednesday (WiPW), is to delve into what other creatives out there are currently working on and, hopefully, inspire and encourage others out there with their stories. Below, we're going to introduce someone who embodies the whole message of WiPW. Someone who's aim to is to share …

Unexpected Appreciation

Don't you just love it when someone appreciates something you do? When it wasn't your intention but receive it anyway? At the weekend I had some downtime, I had no plans for an afternoon besides the usual household chores and tidying. So, I got to editing some photos. It's been awhile since I've edited anything …

Making Connections: A Thursday Thought

For a reason I can’t explain I’ve been thinking a lot about connections. It’s strange to think just how many connections we make in everyday life, be them professional or personal, big or small. The word itself has connotations of business, the old adage of “It’s who you know, not what you know”, and from …

Determination: A Friday Feeling

Today’s Friday Feeling is determination. I’m feeling good about this year already, and I think it is almost 100% to do with my mindset. Nothing else has really changed in my life, if anything we’re in that post-Christmas fatigue when there’s naff all left to look forward to. What I’ve been doing instead, though, has …