Achieve (almost) anything you want with a pen, paper and a pot of tea
I remember reading a long time ago (but I can’t for the life of me remember who said it), that you can achieve anything you want in life, but you can’t achieve everything you might want.
Reading The Beany on an iPad (and a special offer)
I was thrilled the other day to see a friend reading the latest issue of my illustrated journal, The Beany on his iPad. He very kindly let me film him flicking through the ebook
20 ways to get through the bad days
I write a lot here about staying creative in spite of having limited energy, but there are some days when there just isn’t enough energy for much of anything, especially being creative. These “bad days” need to be acknowledged (and got through as smoothly as possible).
Have a morning triage session to keep your Important Work in focus
If you’re anything like me you have a pile in your office or studio where paperwork, bills, post, ideas, bank statements, things to file, anything really that needs your attention, gets put! “The Pile” is almost alive, it screams and shouts for my attention, and is one of the major things that can easily pull more »
Ideas exhaustion and how to avoid it
Last week for my new microMagazine, Getting Your Important Work Done, I recorded a podcast about how to avoid ideas exhaustion. I was brought back the topic by the excellent video found by @kirstymhall over on Twitter
Not feeling like you’re getting anywhere? Do one small thing then take a nap
Don’t feel like you’re achieving anything? Here’s a (v small) plan.
Do one little thing then take a nap. Make sure the thing you do is useful and moves your Important Work along in some way.
The Final 40 Beanys – get one of last few sets for just $15.95
I was recently looking at my shelves in my studio and realised with some surprise (and delight) that the pile of my illustrated journal, The Beany was starting to look a little thin. I had a count-up and discovered that there are only forty complete sets of Beany 1-3 left.
Celebrating a “little and often” victory with homemade bread, jam and coffee
If you read my blog regularly you’ll know that one of my mantras for getting stuff done even at times of low energy is “little and often.” Just doing a little bit of something on a regular basis really does make the achievements mount up.
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I'm Michael Nobbs, an artist, blogger and tea drinker (not necessarily in that order).
I'd like to show you that it is possible to stay creative even when energy is in short supply, and how working on small creative acts on a regular basis can build over time into a substantial body of work (and even a creative career).
I've written a book called Sustainable Creativity. You're welcome to pay whatever you would like for it.
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