Be brave enough to live life creatively.The creative place where no one else has ever been.Alan Alda Sometimes we all need to remind ourselves or even ask ourselves: Am I brave enough to live creatively? You can’t live creatively if you’re trying to fit...
I’ve written before that if you make room for creativity in your life and practice every day, you will be creative. Some days it can be a slog and nothing you create will work. Other days it all works out. But what if you can no longer do what you’ve...
It’s official, April is National Poetry Month and April 2021 is the 25th anniversary. So pull out that old, tattered book of poetry and read a poem. It’s good for your soul. Even better, if you get a chance to listen to a poet read then please do so....
Although I’m a big proponent of ‘write and the inspiration will follow’ there are some days where even I feel like it won’t happen. I get it. I understand because I’ve been there. But we need to keep working so here are 4 simple things I...
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.Carl Sagan This quote from Carl Sagan really hits home. Without Imagination, we go nowhere. Whether that is imagined worlds that live in a book or real “new...
I’m sure you hear it all the time…think outside the box. It’s one of the phrases meant to inspire people at work to come up with new ideas, try new things, and get better results. Lately disrupting or disrupt business is a phrase that’s heard...
It’s perfectly ok to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly.C. J. Cherryh It’s perfectly ok to write garbage. I do it every day. Sentences, for the most part, don’t spew out perfectly formed. I write it out and then I...
I don’t know about you, but for the last few weeks, I’ve been in a bit of a funk. On the one hand, this quarantine is good in order to flatten the curve of infections, reduce the number of people in the hospitals, and keep our healthcare workers safe. On...
I’m talking about an idea. Do you know why you need to get it out there? Because if you don’t someone else will. If you have a good idea, get it out there. For every idea I’ve realized, I have ten I sat on for a decade till somone else did it first....
I’m sure you’ve heard people say they aren’t creative. “I’m not creative, I don’t paint.” There are even people who say they were creative as children but now they’re adults and “don’t play make-believe...
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My name is Jennifer and I’m a mid-life blogger who wants to inspire other empty nesters to follow their visions, connect with their creativity and try new things. Read More
