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A space where the heart of digital business meets the soul of creativity 💫


5 ways to combat loneliness when working from home
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5 ways to combat loneliness when working from home

While I truly enjoy the freedom, ease and complete flexibility this brings me, I’ll admit this - there are times when working primarily from home is just not that easy! I am naturally one of those people who loves having other people around me. Extroverted by nature, conversations and collaboration bring me so much joy!

Sitting at the desk at home and ticking things off my to-do list is great - however, it comes with its own set of challenges.

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Creating a work portfolio when you’re just starting a new creative business: 3 tips
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Creating a work portfolio when you’re just starting a new creative business: 3 tips

So you just started your business. You’re a designer, a videographer, a website creator or a content creator. You’re on the hunt to get new clients but all you’re hearing is ‘show me examples of your work’. Creating a collection of work or a portfolio of clients is your lifeline in a business and something you definitely need to consider when you’re pitching for new clients.

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Your business, your way
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Your business, your way

The first year of building a business is about establishing your own unique connection with your audience and using every tool in your arsenal to go from potential business idea to viable, profitable business. While this gap is filled with a lot of unknowns, and there are a lot of moving parts, with the right amount of customer research and a lean approach towards building your product / service, it’s completely possible to launch without burning out or feeling out of your depths.

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Creative Cave.

Creative Cave.

I often feel like I'm in a relationship with creativity. The more space and care I give it, the more it gives me. Creativity is like serendipitous magic, arriving in its own perfect time. If it finds the receiver too busy or not in a receptive space, it quickly makes its merry way to another more eager soul. I got this notion from Elizabeth Gilbert, where she writes about Big Magic, the nature of ideas and the possibility that they might, in fact, be…wait for it…ALIVE.

Hence the need for conscious creative time.

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Hanging on to Hope
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Hanging on to Hope

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson.

Standing in our corner is a light and beautiful voice if we choose to listen. When things look impossible, and situations seem stormy..we run into those dark and scary places within ourselves. Strangely, though, I’ve always been watchful of this: the bleaker the road, the stronger the hope.

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