Category: creativity

Bored and Brilliant: Challenge 7

This is the final of seven challenges in the Bored and Brilliant series, based on the exercises in the book by Manoush Zomorodi. I actually started this challenge in March 2019 after I read the book. I got all the way through the first six challenges last year and...

20 for 2020: week 45

Week of 2 November 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?Learn to identify early warning signs of becoming distressed in overwhelming situations and removing myself instead of trying to push through because I “have to” stay somewhere. So, how did that...

20 for 2020: week 44

Week of 26 October 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week? Be calm and enjoy my break. Not go back to work on Thursday and get agitated as soon as I walk in the door. So, how did that go then?...

20 for 2020: week 33

Week of 10 August My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week? Start packing up at 10.15. Schedule 15 minutes of creative time every day and do it. So how did that go then? That did not go well. By the weekend I...

20 for 2020: week 32

Week of 3 August My 20 for 2020 list. We got the reading material for our final unit of the uni course (thing 8) on Monday. I spent a couple of hours organising the material and making a study plan so I know what I need to do over...

20 for 2020: week 30

Week of 20 July My 20 for 2020 list. In my quest to find a regular time to sit down and focus on my creative work for longer than 10 or 15 minutes snatched here and there, I thought Tuesday afternoons might be a good time. Except for the...

20 for 2020: week 24

Week of 8 June My 20 for 2020 list. After a weekend where I put off doing any work on my uni course (thing 8) until Monday, which was a public holiday, I succeeded in not doing any work on it at all. Instead, I spent the day writing,...

20 for 2020: week 23

Week 23: Week of 1 June My 20 for 2020 list. I don’t feel like I achieved much this week. I spent a bit more time tidying up the work I finished on the wellbeing course (thing 3) last week and I’m quite happy with what I’ve done. I’m...

20 for 2020: week 22

Week 22: Week of 25 May My 20 for 2020 list. I got my mark for my uni assignment (thing 8) on Monday and to say I was surprised was an understatement. It was a lot better than I had expected, especially after having done so much of it...