Today is a solo episode. I share my experiences of ‘chasing the sparkly’ where I look at other writer’s and creative’s success stories and feel that I should follow their ‘formula’ for success and that I should follow the ‘internet rules’. I’ve been down rabbit holes convinced there is a right way of doing things - only to find this rabbit hole search leads to frustration, exhaustion, a feeling of failure and yes, a little bit of embarrassment.
Inspired by Sarra Cannon’s Kanban board process on her YouTube channel called Heart Breathings I discovered the tiny post it. And that, alongside my writing journal, changed my writing and creative life as I knew it.
The Substack post I refer to is this one: Planning for a Productive October
The Bite-Sized Course is this one: Using Your Journal & Planning for Productivity
And the YouTube video is this one:
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#6. How Post Its Encouraged Me To Stop 'Chasing the Sparkly' & Made Me More Productive with Increased Self Belief: Solo Episode.