News from the Creative Cave!

Well, hello there (she says, blinking at the bright sunlight).

You’ll have to forgive the blinking and squinting — I’ve been deep in the creative cave for the past couple of weeks.

I love when this happens — I never feel so alive as when I’m in Manic-Obsessive-Create-Mode!

I also a little bit hate when this happens — I never feel so wrung out as when I’ve been in Manic-Obsessive-Create-Mode for awhile…

This is where it’s especially important to pace oneself, get adequate exercise, get outdoors, allow one’s sweetie and friends to pull one away from the computer (hell, conscript one’s sweetie and friends to pull one away from the computer!)

Most of the time I coach and counsel people how to get creating. Sometimes I have to coach and counsel people (read: myself) how to stop creating, and allow time for rest!

This is one of those times…

So what have I been up to?

First, I’ve been getting Creative Sandbox 101 relaunched and out into the world (yay!).

If you’ve ever designed a course, you know it’s a lot of work. And if you’ve ever built a virtual classroom on a website, with membership site software and autoresponders and such, you know that’s a lot of work.

There are a lot of moving parts to these things!

So yay and hallelujah for completion! (And if you haven’t signed up yet, click here — it’s free!)

Second, I’ve been working on my new signature program for women, Your Big, Bold, Creative Life Academy.

This program is basically the live version of my book, Your Big, Bold, Creative Life: A User’s Manual, and it has even more moving parts than Creative Sandbox 101 (not surprising, since Creative Sandbox 101 is a 7-day e-course, and YBBCL Academy is a 6-month live program!)

And I have a big announcement: the Your Big, Bold, Creative Life website is up!

Check it out here.

I’m especially delighted with the video I made, which you can see at the top of the page. It was great fun to make (including the jingle at the end!), and it’s a living example of imperfectionism at its best.

MB pointed out that the white font is hard to read on the light colored background, which I knew already, but you know what? It was DONE. I was done. It’s a 2 1/2 minute video, and it was time to say “ship” and turn my focus to something else.

So I did.

Here’s the video in all its imperfect glory — enjoy!

And if you want to read more about the Academy program, and/or sign up to get my Book Reports in your inbox, just click.

Meanwhile, remember what I always say, “The most important practice is the practice of getting back on the wagon”? It’s time for me to get back on the daily exercise wagon, so I’m letting MB pull me away from the computer and so we can go on a much-needed walk.

Yay for sweeties who can be conscripted to help drag you out of the creative cave when necessary!

Happy Easter!

PS — Pssst! Know someone who might benefit from seeing this today? Pass it on!