In which Michael ponders the question, "how far ahead do we need to see to lead a successful creative life?"
#739: Grateful for a little energy reserve
In which Michael is very pleased that he has had a restful week and so has had a little energy in reserve to cope with an unexpected trip to the vet.
#738: Tiny pleasures
In which Michael talks about how much he enjoyed his day yesterday, especially eating his elderflower fritters!
#737: Elderflower fritters for breakfast!
In which Michael reports in on how his rest days are going and plans to make elderflower fritters for breakfast.
#736: Staying, trusting and being self-compassionate
In which Michael decides to take a couple of days off and talks about trusting that that's okay.
The audiobook mentioned in today's podcast is actually called Getting Unstuck and not Learning to Stay. However, Pema Chödrön has written an article entitled Learning to Stay, which can be found here.
#735: Breakfast and hard choices
In which Michael plans a very simple morning so that he can go out to breakfast and talks about making hard choices.
#734: A day of experimenting with not doing until the energy is there
In which Michael talks about experimenting with having a day when he doesn't try and do anything until he feels there energy is there to do it with.
Listen to find out what went right and what didn't.
#733: Miranda Morris on integrating the big and the small pictures
In which Michael introduces a guest podcast from Miranda Morris who has been night-walking in the bush.
#732: More on sitting with feeling uncomfortable
In which Michael talks a little more about sitting with feeling uncomfortable and how it is is helping him make more realistic choices about what he can and can't do.
#731: Being patient and compassionate with ourselves
In which Michael talks about how by avoiding his tendency to Just F*cking Do It (JFDI!) he is finding that he has to sit with uncomfortable feelings, but that some stuff is still getting done.
#730: Chatting with Milo McLaughlin about successfully creating one small thing a day in May
In which Michael chats with Milo McLaughlin about how May's creativity challenge, One Thing A Day In May, went for them both.
#729: Not ignoring the signs
In which Michael talks about recognising the signs that we've been overdoing things and accepting the need to make some changes.
#728: Days off can be hard (but vital)
In which Michael reports a little on how his day off went. Sometimes even resting can be work, but it's vital that we make the effort.
#727: An impromptu day off
In which Michael decides to take an impromptu day off and looks forward to seeing where today takes him.
#726: A funny old time
In which Michael explains that he is having "a funny old time" at the moment, largely he thinks because of his #OneThingADayInMay project.
#725: Video podcast: Reporting on a good day and launching The Beany #2
In which Michael is happy to announce the release of The Beany #2 and reports on having a very good day following yesterday's decision to take the day off from his "sour list".
#724: Pudding first?
In which Michael reports on how his sweet and sour week is going and ponders the very important question of whether we should always let ourselves have our pudding first.
#723: Sweet, sour, sweet?
In which Michael talks a little more about his sour and sweet/sweet and sour experiment.
#722: Sour and sweet or sweet and sour?
In which Michael talks about his habit of rewarding himself after finishing difficult work and wonders if he might have got the order wrong.
#721: Keeping our promises and rewarding ourselves
In which Michael talks about having a week of sorting through some things that he's promised himself he'd do, but hasn't got round to.
By finishing what we say we'll do we learn to trust ourselves. Is there anything you could finish this week that you've promised you'll do but haven't? What could you do to reward yourself afterwards?
