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Stress management and organisation articles by Elsa Neal
Preventing
creative burnout
Find
creative middle ground between burning out and fading away, and allow
yourself to rest and recharge.
Recovering
from creative burnout
In an ideal world, we would be able to deal with burnout triggers before they get out of hand. Most of us, though, will suffer burnout at some stage, no matter how much yoga and meditation we do. Occasionally life deals us every opportunity we've ever wanted in the same month.
Moving
out of burnout defence
Burnout defence is a constant panic mode that sets in after an intense period that has caused you to burn out, and the recovery that inevitably follows.
How
Alison Armstrong is ending the battle of the sexes
Alison Armstrong - a former focused-thinking
businesswoman and activist, who listened to a lateral-thinking
friend one day, and changed her way of thinking and relating
to men in order to save her child's self esteem.
Dealing
with the downside of professional creativity
How do you hold onto the fire when business and commerciality takes over the creative field you love?
Exercises
for writers and other desk-slaves
Prevent
Writers' Butt - incorporate these quick and easy exercises into your day
and improve your health.
Creativity and grief – dealing with the loss of a creative partner
Losing a loved one usually throws your creativity for a loop anyway – when that person has been a partner in your creative work, the loss can be a double blow. How do you help yourself recover without sacrificing your creativity?
Tax
and the creative arts
Tax time is coming up in Australia, but this advice applies to anyone dealing with bureaucracy.
Unblock
by writing flash fiction
Even if you’re
not a writer, flash fiction can be even better than journaling for getting
straight to the point of your block.
Creative
time management
If you look back over the previous year and see missed deadlines and unachieved goals, perhaps some rethinking is needed. And the best way for a creative person to organise time is creatively.
Creativity
and clutter
Organise
your creative space to make room for inspiration.
Unblock
by exercising your observation skills
It's
not always possible to write down or sketch the details of something that catches your eye, and that is where good observation and memory skills can serve you well. Use this simple exercise-within-an-exercise to develop an eye for detail and make your artwork even richer.
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