Do you curate your Instagram feed? Does that frustrate you? Are you not sharing what you really want to share? Maybe it’s time to mix it up a little in order to grow, explore and discover new passions as a creative.

Are you a writer or a creative and overthinking your blog? Are you struggling with how best to write for your audience?

Then maybe it’s time to write for yourself and not worry about your audience.

Eight ways to prioritise your writing or creativity. If you’re struggling to find time then use these tips to prioritise what is important to you.

Stepping out of your creative comfort zone is scary. Whether you’re brand new or have been doing it for a while the fear is still there. But it’s a good sign. It means you’re constantly pushing yourself.

I’m not the only one to have neglected my blog over the past year.

I was putting effort into my YouTube channel and the only blog posts I would upload were to promote my latest video offering. Creating for YouTube - and for Instagram - took up a lot of creative energy. I was in a constant state of time pressure. I was always thinking about my YouTube deadline, always thinking I had limited time to write, always thinking I had to consistently upload and to check my phone. I was tense, physically. I had no creative energy left for my writing projects. I had no time to write on my blog. But it was only when I stopped creating on YouTube and Instagram that I realised this.

Why 'niching' your blog is a creativity killer | if you want to write a blog for the love of writing IGNORE the advice that you have to niche. Write to explore your passions, write to discover your writing voice. But don't box yourself in before you've started.

Perfectionism can be the biggest factor that stops writers and creatives putting their work out there. In this blog post I chat about how getting your work out there, learning each time, gaining confidence each time is more important than waiting for it to be perfect before you send it out into the world.