by Cali Bird | Jun 19, 2018 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Food for thought
I’ve been blogging consistently for two years now. Today I would like to share the three most important lessons I have learned in that time about creativity. Lesson 1: you can only control the inputs not the output I had been writing on Medium for a couple of...
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....
by Cali Bird | May 24, 2018 | Creating with a day job, Food for thought
This week I am proud to welcome writer Mark O’Loughlin to the Meet The Artist series. In the interview below Mark tells us how he transitioned from a full-time job, which didn’t allow him much creative time, to part-time work. Mark now has a great balance...
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...
by Cali Bird | Mar 7, 2018 | Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Fear and Procrastination, Food for thought
One of the common problems I see in would-be creatives is that they are waiting for someone else to give them permission to create. This is not always obvious. For example you might be waiting for someone to publish your book to give you permission to be a “proper”...
by Cali Bird | Jan 23, 2018 | Being gentle, Creating with a day job, Fame and Success, Food for thought
Recently I have read a lot of articles about success and the effort that it requires. These articles often boil down to instructions to get up early, be super focussed, work long hours and be willing to sacrifice anything for what you are passionate about. There’s...
