Organize Your Life: The Core Calendar Advantage | Volume 4
My systematic approach to daily organization through a personal “Core Calendar.” A digital tool combining routines, events, and colour coding for clarity. So I can see how much time I really have. ‘You do not rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems.’James Clear…
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Placing: The Key to Organizing Your Tasks Effectively
Placing everything you need to do onto your calendar or task lists, so your brain can be free from the burden of memory. ‘A place for everything and everything in its place.’Ben Franklin (probably) My Quest I used to always be on top of my work. I had minimal interruptions, a…
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Master Your Inbox: The Art of Assessing Tasks – Volume 2
Assessing everything that has landed on your plate and distilling it, so you’re just left with the things you need to do. ‘We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.’Cecil Day-Lewis My Quest For a long time I didn’t take responsibility for my life…
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How to Designerate a Day – Volume 1
Let me start walking you through one of my three processes that help me Designerate my whole day, not just my creations. Giving me the maximum amount of time and head space to be creative and do what I want to do. ‘Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order…
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The Ten Steps to Create a Seasonal Colouring Page
Find out my ten steps to creating a seasonal colouring design full of November blooms and leaves. ‘Colour is a power which directly influences the soul’Wassily Kandinsky My QuestUsing colouring-in is a great way to fill screen breaks, be more mindful and look after your mental health, whatever your age. I’ll…
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A Cut Above the Rest
The long winded story behind why I’ve started exploring cutting paper at the same time as discovering the joy of cutting up my time with screen breaks. If you think you’d like to give it a go, there’s a step by step guide and template to making your own paper cut…
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Getting In The Mood(board)
If you love being visually creative or are just interested to find out more, I’ll show you some examples of my moodboards and give you some quick tips (and a free template) to start making your own. ‘Now that I’m a parent, I understand why my father was in a bad mood…
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The 7 Steps to Your Perfect Project
An easy seven step deep dive into the design process for life and work. Get all those ducks in a row, avoid procrastination pit falls and help quiet the mind and keep your focus. ‘Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your…
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Helloween Colouring Printable
Let’s countdown to halloween, for small and big kids alike. I’ve throw together this quick illustration to download for free, I hope you enjoy it and can have fun colouring your way to the day we get politely robbed by children for our best treats . . . you just need…
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5 Easy Ways to Make Your Design More Hygge
A leisurely walk through the top 5 ways to make a cosy hygge print design. Grab a cuppa and settle in. . . . but I digress I was really late to the party when I found out about the concept of Hygge after falling in love with a book cover.…
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Creating a ‘Killer’ Hand Lettering Quote
The Concept Circumnavigating serial killer vibes On one of my internet trawls to find quotes I can commandeer, this little gem sat there and screamed out for a bit of editing. I had a few ideas for adding the ‘unless . . .’ which involved circumnavigating some fairly dark, Dexter-esq, serial…
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