Author: Creative Overthinker
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You’re Not Lazy. You Simply Don’t Have The Right Tools. Yet.
Being a solopreneur is exhausting. In the world where content is the king, the workload gets more and more ridiculous. Some people (OK, it’s mostly only Gary Vee) go as far as claim that quantity is more important that quality. I used to be offended by that notion, now I reluctantly tend to agree. This…
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Now you know what I did last summer
Happy Labor Day everyone! Now that the summer is officially over, it’s time to tell what I’ve been up to, and why I’ve been away from the Creative Overthinker blog. On top of having my seasonal retail job (hello, #CapeCodLiving ), I started a writing business. I write blog posts, product descriptions, and any other…
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Some Thoughts on Perfectionism
No other destructive trait disguises itself as a virtue as well as perfectionism does. That’s why people bring it up during job interviews, or use it as an excuse for being an absolute nightmare to work with. I remember being proud of the fact that I could name 10 things wrong with any object, any…
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Some Thoughts on Perseverance
Sometimes life just sucks. In one week I got an IRS letter, got my insurance cancelled, as well as some not-so-great news concerning health of the loved one. Sometimes a day feels extremely long and overwhelming, and then I look at the clock, and it’s not even noon yet. If you know this feeling, congratulations…
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The Artist’s Way: Recovering a Sense of Strength
Welcome back to the Creative Overthinker! Today I’ll be covering the chapter 8 of The Artist’s Way: Recovering a Sense of Strength. I genuinely enjoyed this week’s material. It was a welcome change from the past few week – I recently expressed my feelings on the “dwelling on the old memories” part of creative recovery.…
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The Artists’s Way: Recovering A Sense of Connection
Welcome to the Week 7 post of The Artist’s Way journey! This week it was about recovering a sense of connection. Once again exercises were aiming at proving that I had a creative streak in me all along, especially back in childhood years. I do agree with this claim that Julia Cameron makes, and I…
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A Word You Should Avoid To Become A Better Blogger
There’s nothing worse than getting through a lazy uninspired blog post that is written for the sake of writing and posting at least something. This one simple fix will make any article you write sound more engaging no matter what you’re writing about and who your audience is! Read the following paragraph attentively. Can you…
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The Artist’s Way: Week 6
Welcome back to The Artist’s Way series! As you might have noticed, I took a warning-free week-long break from work on the series – and I’m not sorry! However, I believe explanation is in order. So let’s begin! Here’s the scoop: my last week has been completely dominated by extraneous circumstances. What was the enormous…
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Some Thoughts on Modern Info Business
So, I just spent an hour on another info business webinar. The lecturer was recommended to me by a dear friend who owns an info business company herself (her link was not referral, no 🙂 ) The webinar was about traffic, a social media platform, and a search for a perfect client. You know the…
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The Artist’s Way: Week 5
Welcome back! This is my experience with the week 5 of The Artist’s Way program. Beware, rambling! So, I took a break for a week. In Week 4 post I mentioned that I’m taking a week long break to move into a new apartment. And as any break does, this one hit me hard. We…
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