Embracing do nothing days and practising nourishing flow states Encouraging flow What is flow? Being “in the zone”. More on Wikipedia The 4 Fs of Flow (10 min video with subtitles): Focus Freedom: Letting go of fear and scrutiny Feedback: Am I getting closer to my goal or not? 4%: Optimal challenge Learning this is […]
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I love learning; what motivates me? Exploring 8 core drives
I’m exploring what motivates learning, for me, looking at the eight core drives (CD) of motivation of the Octalysis framework. It feels like really good timing to be reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari at the same time as I’m on my Octalysis Prime learning journey. Because Sapiens looks at […]
Weeknotes: Designing better lives by mining the multiverse 🖌️
What am I excited about today? What are 3 things I did well today? starting & ending each day by reflecting on these questions I’m really proud of myself for: Giving myself time to rest, read & think this weekend. Reading An Unkindness of Ghosts By Rivers Solomon, which a friend recommended to me, and […]
Weeknotes: Nurturing courage & compassion: How to be on creative retreat 🎥🖌️
There are 3 themes in these weeknotes, coming live to you from my retreat: Creativity, with courage, compassion & curiosity Retreat, being on one, well, no, being on 2 simultaneously Thinking: Where’s my head at? Notes on asynchronous collaboration & ADHD ➡ What’s my relationship to my creativity? And how is it? And what about […]
Weeknotes: What’s your creative process? Here, I’ll show you mine… 🎥🖌️
How I learned to reflect every day, after months of false starts I love hearing about folks’ creative process/es, and I want to share mine more. Practising. My creative process is… Stopping and starting Jumping from drawing on my tablet, to auto-transcribing a vlog, to synching the drawing to the cloud and downloading it to […]
Weeknotes: How to practise resting without guilt, and stop overworking 🎥
Stuff I’m grateful I did this week Embarked on a 3 month retreat in daily life with Jaya Ashmore Family Constellations (BIPOC only) by Meenadchi, a modality for ancestral healing descended from Zulu medicine New Suns festival by the Barbican, a feminist literary festival returns to explore the legacy of science-fiction author Octavia Butler and […]
Weeknotes: What is liberating? Is it possible to be free?
Musing about freedom and freelancing, including curiosity, following joy and asking for help. Blessed by wisdom from many sources. What does it mean to be free? And is it possible? What does it mean to choose freedom when still socially oppressed? How can I be free? And reduce violence in this moment? And practise compassion […]