• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
The Creative Life Logo

The Creative Life

Coaching for creatives

  • About me
  • Articles
  • Books
  • Work with me
    • One-to-one coaching
    • Group coaching
    • Workshops for creatives
    • Media coaching
  • Contact me

productivity

Confessions of a recovering perfectionist

Confessions of a recovering perfectionist

How I stopped polishing, and started publishing. Because sometimes done really is better than perfect.

Read moreConfessions of a recovering perfectionist
Do your verbs

Do your verbs

Creative is not a noun. It's a verb, something you do. So do your verbs, whatever your field. Write, play, move, make. Especially now.

Read moreDo your verbs
Why can't I finish?

Why can’t I finish this?

Sometimes it's hard to let go of a creative project. So here are seven reasons why you can't seem to finish – and how to get it done

Read moreWhy can’t I finish this?
quick productivity tip

Quick productivity tip: take three

Choose three key things every day. And get them done. Simples!

Read moreQuick productivity tip: take three
Start before you're ready

Start before you’re ready.

The best time to begin your next big creative project? Now.

Read moreStart before you’re ready.
Stop procrastinating

Stop procrastinating! 20 ways to get you back into action. Now.

Stop procrastinating and get back into action. Today, not tomorrow.

Read moreStop procrastinating! 20 ways to get you back into action. Now.
Organising projects

Organising projects so the work gets done

Most of us are juggling too much, at work and in our personal lives. Here's how to start defining and organising projects, so you get more done.

Read moreOrganising projects so the work gets done
Building a second brain

Your Second Brain: the answer to information overload?

We're all drowning in information. Building a second brain manages that, and frees your mind for creative thinking.

Read moreYour Second Brain: the answer to information overload?
Systems, and why all creatives need them

Systems, and why all creatives need them

Create systems for your business, and you'll free up more room for the creative work you really want to do

Read moreSystems, and why all creatives need them
Time management for creatives

Time management for creatives

Making time for your creative work is important. Here's how to do it.

Read moreTime management for creatives
Productivity for creatives

Productivity for creatives

Want to get more of the important things done? Start here.

Read moreProductivity for creatives
Why you should go down that rabbit hole

Why you should go down that rabbit hole

Curiosity killed the cat. But it makes creatives better.

Read moreWhy you should go down that rabbit hole
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Next

  • About me
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap

Copyright © 2025 · The Creative Life · All Rights Reserved · site maintained by Nate Hoffelder