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Honest, practical writing for people with a project on the side and a full life around it: how to keep going between sessions, stay accountable, and trust yourself to get it done.
Before a Hard Week, Write Down What You Value Most
A short values-writing practice studied by psychologists can help you meet stress with less defensiveness. Here's how to make it a weekly ritual.
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Build a Circle of People Who Want You to Win
Loneliness is common even among busy, successful people. Finding a few people who care about what you're building can change how far you get.
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Finding Awe in an Ordinary Week, and Why Your Creative Work Needs It
A full calendar can leave you feeling disconnected from what you care about. A 15-minute habit backed by research can help you reconnect and feed your creativity.
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How to Protect Time for Yourself Without Pulling Away From the People You Love
Making room for your own work can feel like taking time from people you love. Here's how to protect it and bring them along instead of shutting them out.
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Rest That Actually Refills You (So There's Something Left for You)
Scrolling on the couch isn't the same as recovering. Here's how to rest in a way that leaves energy for the things that feed you, not just the things that need you.
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Ten Minutes of Morning Light for Evenings With Something Left in the Tank
Your evening creative time depends on how you slept and how you started the day. A simple morning light habit is a gentle place to begin.
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The Creative Hobby You Keep Postponing Might Be the Thing Holding You Up
Research links small everyday creative activities with feeling better the next day. Here's how to bring your hobby back into a busy life, a little at a time.
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The Money Story That Might Be Keeping Your Side Project Small
Psychologists have mapped the beliefs about money we carry from childhood. Naming yours can make it easier to price, fund and grow your project.
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The Smartest Money You'll Spend This Year Might Buy Back Your Time
Research suggests spending on time-saving help can make people happier than buying more stuff. Here's how to fund the hours your creative life needs.
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When You Share a Small Win, How the People You Love Respond Matters
Research on sharing good news shows that how others respond can deepen the benefit. Here's how to ask for, and give, the kind of response that helps.
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You Do Great Work. Now Learn to Describe It as Well as You Do It
Research finds women rate their own performance lower than equally strong men do. Here's a practical way to talk about your work more accurately.
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Your Day Job Isn't the Only Place Your Ambition Gets to Live
You're good at your job, and it still doesn't hold everything you want to build. Here's how to give your bigger ambition real room without blowing up your career.
Read it →You Make Real Progress at Build Night. Here's How to Keep It Going.
One focused night a month gets your idea moving. Then everyday life takes over and the momentum fades. Here's why that happens, and how to keep building between sessions.
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