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Creative Mindset Essays

Am I Too Old for TikTok?
Is it my age or something deeper? Why TikTok felt uncomfortable lately.
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How Do You Come Back From THAT?
A few thoughts as I disappear down a Taylor Swift and fear of success rabbit hole.
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How Taylor Swift Inspires My Writing Journey
You don't make it happen simply by wishing for it.
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Rule-Makers Stifle Creativity
Click-baity articles designed to make you feel bad about your writing need to be ignored.
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How Making Friends (in My Forties) Has Given Me Confidence With My Writing.
Coming out from the other side of burnout and soul-crushing loneliness and boosting my creativity.
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The Little Lies We Tell Ourselves
That stop us from living the creative life we yearn for.
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Toxic Friendships and Their Impact on Your Creative Mindset
Do you have a 'poisonous playmate' or a 'crazymaker' in your life that's sabotaging your creativity?
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Breaking Free from the Horrible Words We Choose to Call Ourselves
What names do you call yourself inside your head?
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Why I romanticise my writing life
Seeking out the creative magic every single day.
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We have to make our own creative magic
I'm writing this instead of therapy.
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The paradox of wanting to be read but not wanting to be seen.
And do we all feel the same?
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How Arnold Schwarzenegger has inspired my writing career.
The Terminator wouldn't let fear, lack of confidence & social media distractions stop him from where he wanted to be.
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