After a nice, long-time-coming, well-deserved trip to Disneyland with a good friend, I feel the clutter in my mind put into neat little drawers, ready to tackle the big things I have coming up!
Seizing Opportunities in Rest and in Success
Self-Care for a Positive Outlook
Learning to care for myself as a content creator has been one of the longest, most arduous journeys I’ve ever faced, and to be completely honest, it will probably be a constant one. It’s one thing to worry about the variable income that comes from full-time, independent content creation, and it’s another to worry about the mental weight of not only that, but everything that comes from being in a space that gets inherently looked at as competitive. Sometimes it gets so overwhelming, that I can’t even begin to think about how to grasp that weight, and throw it out of my mind.
Lacking: Creative Blocks in Quarantine
When I talked about how I felt in the pandemic before, I brought up that concern regarding the lack of face-to-face interactions, and how that would be my biggest obstacle. I know how to keep myself busy at home, so I never worry about getting bored, but now the concern is the lack of novelty in any experience. Lack of inspiration.
Lack of creative fuel.
Let’s Talk About TwitchCon 2018
Thanks for the memories, TwitchCon. Thanks for the renewed spirit, for impacting my life in the most unique way, and for sending me home with a full heart.
Variety is Spicier Than You Think
Even if it’s just buying some sweet potatoes and throwing them in a pan, start changing things up on regular basis. Give yourself things to get excited about.
The Finite New Year’s Resolution: Does it Work?
2018 is here, everyone! So it’s that time of year where we’re trying to tell ourselves that we’re going to get things done in the new year. We’re setting goals for ourselves that we all mean to work on, but…you know, might forget about in the next month or two. We have this newfound resolve …
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Do I Even Know My Protagonist?
A photo posted by Jeffrey Brutlag (@ageekinthecommunity) on Nov 7, 2016 at 4:33pm PST //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js So we're more than halfway into the National Novel Writing Month adventure, and though my progress has been much slower than I anticipated, I'm still chugging along at a speed I'm pretty happy with. I recently passed the 10,000 word …