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Jai Long on being intentional over busy, letting go, and recognising privilege Mar 29, 2020

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Jai Long is a photographer, educator and creative entrepreneur. We talk about being impactful rather than busy, how we are all wired differently, not putting your spark out for other people, the complicated relationship between money and the idea of designing your life, failure, fear, and so much more.

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Samuel Leighton-Dore on a tiered routine, toxic masculinity and detaching from creative success Mar 22, 2020

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Gold coast based artist Samuel Leighton-Dore is a satirical cartoonist, a painter, ceramic artist, filmmaker, a regular contributor for SBS Sexuality and author of the graphic novel 'How to be a big strong man'.

In this conversation, Samuel share his three-tiered approach to balancing various projects, the little things you can do to feel more disciplined working from home, toxic masculinity, the connection between ambition and depression, failure, untangling your identity from creative success.

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Beci Orpin on the upsides of busyness, freelancing and resilience Mar 15, 2020

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Beci Orpin does her best work when she is busy, With a creative career spanning more than twenty years, the Melbourne designer, artist, and illustrator has left her colourful fingerprint on countless projects, from books and homewares, to regular art exhibitions, and collaborations with celebrated brands.

In this interview, we talk about how she gets so much done, personal projects, the precarious nature of freelancing, money, emailing, family, criticism and resilience.

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Pip Lincolne on heartbreak, wobbly routines and solitude Mar 08, 2020

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Prioritsing yourself isn't selfish, says writer, crafter and blogger behind Meet Me At Mikes, Pip Lincolne – but it sure can be difficult.

In this conversation, Pip opens up about the difficult period she faced after the end of a 23-year-relationship – and the book it has since inspired, When Life Is Not Peachy. We delve into winding and twisting path Pip took to a creative career and writing books after she left high school in year eleven, but also feeling like an outsider, parenting and creativity, falling back into yourself, wobbly routines, social media and success, fitting in writing around a day job, solitude and resilience.

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Annie Louey on building a career in comedy and finding motivation within yourself Mar 01, 2020

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Annie Louey is a fresh comedic talent who putting it all into her career and immersing herself in the world of presenting and comedy.
In this episode, we talk about how to step into being an artist even when you don’t feel ready, the importance of preparation, setting targets in our career, imposter syndrome freelancing routines, how admin is the key part of creative careers bike riding and how to find motivation within yourself.
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Oliver Burkeman on embracing limitations, stale goals, and unclenching from routine Feb 23, 2020

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This week's guest has spent the last few years delving into the topic of limitations through researching and writing his latest book on time.

Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist living in Brooklyn. He writes a popular weekly column for The Guardian on social psychology, productivity and the science of happiness, called This Column Will Change Your Life and is the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking.

In this conversation, we delve into how he has moved through a rut from the book writing process, how goals can become redundant very quickly, the Kanban method, self-control and distraction, parenting, shadow working, insomnia, the difficulty of doing nothing and how we can get out of a rut by breaking our own rules.

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Tina Essmaker on not knowing what's next Feb 16, 2020

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Tina Essmaker is a coach, writer and speaker and in early 2017, she had the opportunity to reimagine career and her four burners when she transitioned out of the The Great Discontent, a publication she started with her former husband and business partner.

She took what she describes as a gap year to figure out what she wanted to next and eventually returned to her roots as a social worker, now helping the creative community to navigate uncertainty and take action on their ideas.

In this conversation we speak about why we sometimes flail when we don’t have constraints in our days and careers, the dance between scheduling and spontaneity, chunking tasks in your week, finding space for yourself after a divorce and what can help when you’re dealing with a period of change, hurt or uncertainty.

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Lauren Martin on feeling lost, and finding comfort in the words of women Feb 09, 2020

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Lauren Martin is a writer and the founder of Words Of Women, a labour of love she started when she was searching for something to help herself and other women who were feeling lost.

In this episode, Lauren delves into the intricacies of self-initiated work and the thoughtful process behind writing and curating her popular newsletter, blog and Instagram account.

We talk about flat days and good days, social isolation, how routine helps when you’re in a rut, comparison, the tension between being a night-owl but being clearest in the morning, as well as how personal projects can buoy us.

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Vanessa Marian on embracing failure and being a lifelong learner Feb 02, 2020

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Dancer and movement director Vanessa Marian Varghese describes her career as a succession of failures – trying to start an online homewares store and failing, trying to be an art director and failing. Finishing a law degree but not wanting to pursue it.

But when she didn’t know what she was going to do with her life, she took a dance class and learned something. Now, that curiosity and learning has blossomed into a career in dance and thriving business, Groove Therapy.
We talk about how the secret to life is being a student, allowing business and ideas to grow without pushing, going easy on yourself with your daily habits and finding the beauty in faffing.
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Ryder Carroll on intention over productivity Jan 26, 2020

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As John Lennon put it, “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”

As a loyal proponent of the Bullet Journal, I've seen first hand how the immensely popular analog system goes far beyond planning and teaches you to be more intentional with list-making – and life.

If there is one person who understands intentionality beyond our plans it’s this week’s guest. Ryder Carroll is an author, digital product designer, and inventor of the Bullet Journal method.

In this conversation, Ryder discusses empty goals and starting with the small ‘whys’, how journaling can help us capture and see patterns in work and life, creating your own structure as a freelancer and independent creative and more.

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Special thanks to: Nelson Dore for the theme music, Scott Stronach for editing, Ellen Porteus for the cover art.

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