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How To Establish A Creative Routine When You Have A Busy Life

How To Establish A Creative Routine When You Have A Busy Life

by Cali Bird | Nov 10, 2018 | Creating with a day job, Fear and Procrastination

You have a job, a commute, family – how are you supposed to find time to establish a creative routine? You are envious of the people who don’t have to do a day job as well as do their art. It’s alright for them to preach that you have to be consistent.  They don’t...
3 lessons I wish I’d learned as a 21 year old music student

3 lessons I wish I’d learned as a 21 year old music student

by Cali Bird | Sep 28, 2018 | Fame and Success, Fear and Procrastination, Food for thought

It is over 30 years since I graduated as a music student. My final year was such a painful experience that I thought I would never play again. A big chunk of the final mark was awarded to our degree recital. I was a flautist and had been preparing for the recital for...
Why do we demand perfection from ourselves?

Why do we demand perfection from ourselves?

by Cali Bird | Jul 12, 2018 | Being gentle, Fear and Procrastination, Food for thought

Why do we want our work to be perfect? How is this quest for perfection working out for us? Why do we expect our work to be good, particularly if we are new to our craft? Perfection can stop you creating, make you throw your work in the trash and tells you that you...
Feel like giving up? This is the time to keep going

Feel like giving up? This is the time to keep going

by Cali Bird | Jun 4, 2018 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Fear and Procrastination, Food for thought

Have you ever had a project that felt so impossible that you just want to give up? You are so despondent that you no longer care about all the effort you have put in. Perhaps it hasn’t panned out the way you wanted it to, or it has taken much longer than you thought....
3 ways to tell the inner critic to f**k off and create anyway

3 ways to tell the inner critic to f**k off and create anyway

by Cali Bird | May 11, 2018 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Fear and Procrastination

There it is again. That voice in your head that tells you your art work is crap, or your writing is appalling or it’s not worth bothering. The inner critic is the same voice that tells you your creative ambitions are too scary and it is best if you stay in your safe...
What to do when you are daunted by your creative project

What to do when you are daunted by your creative project

by Cali Bird | Apr 16, 2018 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Fear and Procrastination, Food for thought

I sat in tears at my computer. Why was I doing this? Was it really necessary? Why had I even started it? Maybe I should abandon the idea. I was so daunted. The task in hand was building the home page for my new website. I am technically minded so it wasn’t beyond my...
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Cali Bird loves to encourage people to make a start on their creative projects no matter what else they have going on in their lives.
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