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Disorientation is the perfect word for my experience right now.
Before I go into why, I want to frame this conversation constructively.
How do we stay on track with our plans and goals and daily actions, when we have a series of setbacks? I know many of you have some great strategies for this, so I’m hoping [...]
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Recently I’ve gotten back into the habit of setting intentions on the new moon. It’s supposed to be time of strong energy for new beginnings.
The idea is that the intention you set at the new moon will come to fruition at the next new moon. So if you try this, and are working on your [...]
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A couple weeks ago, during a strategic planning review, I thought about setting a new, small daily action around creativity, which is one of my areas of focus.
The 1008 Paintings Project has been lurching along in fits and starts, and wondered if setting up some kind of daily action in this department would help smooth [...]
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Photo by Tamsim Slater.
In Part 1 of this series on Goal Setting for Creatives, I introduced the annual planning process I use to create and track my goals for the coming year. Out of this process, I create my own Strategic Planner, which is a portable, visual booklet that serves as a beautiful and practical [...]
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As I toil away on Part 4 of the Strategic Planner series on Goal Setting for Creatives, I keep thinking about how much it’s the small, seemingly insignificant things we do on a daily basis that are the most powerful in moving us forward toward our goals.
Or away, as the case may be.
So, because I [...]
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In Part 1 of this series on Goal Setting for Creatives, I introduced the annual planning process I use to create and track my goals for the coming year. Out of this planning, I create my own Strategic Planner, which is a portable, visual booklet that serves as a beautiful and practical reference of the [...]
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Pre-Flight Announcement
This post will make even more sense if you download the spreadsheet I’m referring to. Plus, the spreadsheet contains a bunch of specific details from my actual 2010 Strategic Planner. In case you want to know how much weight I’m planning to lose as a Health strategy….ugh. Or, if you’re curious how I’m going [...]
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For this weeks’ Journal Peek, I’ll take you inside the pages of my 2010 Strategic Planner. And in three more posts, I’ll share tips and techniques for making your Strategic Planner that you can use to make 2010 your best year yet.
Speaking of your best year yet, for the last five years I’ve been using [...]
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I’ve been trying to write an inspirational post on gratitude and preparing for the new year with a strategic plan, and the true meaning of Christmas…but you know what? I’ve been completely overwhelmed lately.
As much as I thrive on being a Digital Nomad, the moving and transition from here to there is always somewhat disorienting [...]
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For many years (forever?) I’ve been stymied by how to create and keep order in my studio space where I do my visual art, writing, and design work. Most space organization methods have not worked for me. I wrote about this dilemma in Minimalist Lifestyles & Artistic Flotsam: How To Deal.
Apartment Therapy: Not just for [...]
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Howdy! I’m Lisa Sonora Beam, author of The Creative Entrepreneur. I teach people how to get unstuck and use their creativity to make a living doing what they love. 
