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Part II: How routine can help us move through grief and heartbreak (as told by you)
Part II: How routine can help us move through grief and heartbreak (as told by you)

Part two of our heartbreak survey series collects advice on how the little things in our daily routine can help heal a broken heart.

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CollectionsMadeleine DoreJanuary 22, 2018
Part I: How heartbreak jolts your daily routine (as told by you)
Part I: How heartbreak jolts your daily routine (as told by you)

From the heartwrenching to the humorous and comforting, part one of our heartbreak survey series takes a rare peep at what happens to the everyday lives of those experiencing heartbreak.

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CollectionsMadeleine DoreJanuary 11, 2018
What I’ve learned: Redefining success and finding meaning in the everyday
What I’ve learned: Redefining success and finding meaning in the everyday

What does it mean to be a "successful creative"? A collection of thoughts that probe, surprise, and redefine how we measure success in our work and creative lives.  

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CollectionsMadeleine DoreJanuary 4, 2018
Creatives share their routines when dealing with burnout, shock and overwhelm
Creatives share their routines when dealing with burnout, shock and overwhelm

What happens to our daily routines when we experience burnout? How do we move through overwhelm and shock to return to our creative work? Creatives share their personal accounts and tools for dealing when it becomes too much. 

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CollectionsMadeleine DoreAugust 27, 2017
Ten lessons on creativity, career and life from Lisa Congdon
Ten lessons on creativity, career and life from Lisa Congdon

Portland based artist, author and illustrator Lisa Congdon shares what she has learned from over a decade of creating work and building a career. 

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Extraordinary LessonsMadeleine DoreAugust 19, 2017
Seven life lessons from writer Ashley C. Ford
Seven life lessons from writer Ashley C. Ford

A small selection of wisdom from our day in the life interview with the inimitable New York based writer, Ashley C. Ford.

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Extraordinary LessonsMadeleine DoreJune 13, 2017
A complete guide to not having a daily routine
A complete guide to not having a daily routine

Could the structural net a daily routine provides fit some of us with ease, and simply entangle others? 

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CollectionsMadeleine DoreJune 5, 2017
The perks of the long-lead to do list
The perks of the long-lead to do list

Could we be doing ourselves a disservice by being bound to the daily to do list? Artists share their systems for finding rhythm and productivity in their work days.

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Extraordinary LessonsMadeleine DoreMay 27, 2017
Alesandro Ljubicic on how a day job keeps you grounded
Alesandro Ljubicic on how a day job keeps you grounded

Artist and business owner Alesandro Ljubicic shares how a day job helps his art practice flourish. 

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Life lessonsMadeleine DoreMay 4, 2017
Why we all wobble: thoughts on being hard on yourself
Why we all wobble: thoughts on being hard on yourself

Caught between wanting to make progress and finding stability, we end up wobbling somewhere in between – ultimately using a moment of unsteadyness as fuel to be hard on ourselves. 

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Life lessonsMadeleine DoreMarch 29, 2017
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