If at first you don't succeed, keep trying

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Start small. Find the coolest journal online with a pen that slides across the page and write whatever comes to mind. This could be a funny joke, remembering a good meal, or even a little doodle of something that inspires you.

Write down a dream you had at night or write down a quick, creative quote that came to mind. Start to expand, talk about the things that bother you or what frustrates you.

Make journaling a habit and you'll be amazed at what you can produce. The daily grind becomes less overwhelming and reading through what you did during the day can serve as a reminder of how hard you work. The act of writing can even lead you to the solutions you were looking for.

If writing on a blank page seems too overwhelming, look into a guided journal.

Guided journals have small tasks and prompts each philippines consumer mobile number list day to encourage creative writing and mental well-being. I recommend Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith , a guided journal that challenges you to destroy it with crazy, creative prompts.


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Keeping a journal may not solve the challenges of working from home, but it does give you a personal companion to walk with and can be a source of inspiration in the future when you look back at how you overcame challenges at a given time.

One of the most dangerous things you can do to your physical, professional, and creative self is to let failure paralyze it.

We learned coping mechanisms for professional and academic failure at school, and we also learned how to let failure guide us to do better next time, but what about creative failure? No one prepares us for that.

Think back to the early days of the pandemic, when everyone had a new hobby. Most people abandoned the task within a few weeks simply because their final product didn't look good enough.