In which Michael records his first in-car podcast for a few weeks as he plans to make a trip to the library his One Thing for the day.
#759: Summer reading?
In which Michael is getting excited by his approaching holiday and asks for some recommendations for summer reading.
#758: Cutting back and feeling better for it
In which Michael continues to colour The Beany #3 and talks about how, for the time being, he's decided to cut back on some things he'd planned to do and say no to anything new.
#757: A distraction-free zone?
In which Michael wonders whether he should just accept that being extra tired at the moment means he is more easily distracted than normal.
#756: Remembering a cup of hot chocolate
In which Michael remembers a particularly good cup of hot chocolate as he finishes colouring a wobbly drawing from 2006.
#755: Not struggling unnecessarily
In which Michael prepares for another day without electricity, this time doing one or two things to make the day as comfortable as possible.
#754: Not comparing ourselves with ourselves
In which Michael admits finding it difficult to record today's podcast and talks about the importance of not comparing ourselves with ourselves.
#753: Stopping when the timer rings
In which Michael manages to stop himself working when his timer rings, even though he would have liked to have got a little further with his work.
#752: Revisiting Barcelona
In which Michael is reminded of a happy holiday in Barcelona as he colours a drawing for the next anniversary issue of The Beany.
#751: Money #6: Tools and resources
In which Michael records a sixth, bonus podcast in his series about creating a sustainable income.
In today's podcast, Michael talks about some of the specific tools and resources that he uses to run Sustainably Creative.
Tools and resources
#750: Zonked
In which Michael is zonked but happy after his birthday fruit picking excursion.
#749: Enjoying a low energy birthday!
In which Michael picks one small thing to do today to help him enjoy his birthday.
#748: Through thick and thin
In which Michael is reminded how good it is to have found a daily One Thing that he can manage to do even on his bad days.
If you struggle with your daily One Thing is there a way you can simplify it to make it easy to do?
#747: Money #5: Budgeting
In which Michael introduces the fifth of five podcasts on the subject of creating a sustainable income.
In today's podcast, Michael talks about the importance of careful budgeting in both our personal and business lives.
#746: Money #4: Thinking about the structure of how we sell
In which Michael introduces the fourth of five podcasts on the subject of creating a sustainable income.
In today's podcast, Michael talks about creating a structure to use to present ourselves and what we want to sell to the world. Whilst this may feel a little overwhelming at first, all we need to do is take the first step.
#745: Not standing in our own way
In which Michael savours his morning coffee and talks about not standing in the way of letting ourselves enjoy our days.
#744: Money #3: Pricing
In which Michael introduces the third of five podcasts on the subject of creating a sustainable income.
In today's podcast, Michael talks about how he has decided how to price what he offers as his business has grown and developed.
#743: Money #2: What to offer
In which Michael introduces the second of five podcasts on the subject of creating a sustainable income
In today's podcast, Michael talks about deciding what to offer for our first foray into making money from our work.
#742: Money #1: Just start (and then keep going)
In which Michael records the first of five podcasts on the subject of creating a sustainable income.
Today he's talking about the importance of just starting (and then carrying on).
#741: The two sides of the sustainably creative equation
In which Michael records a kitchen podcast and talks about what he sees as the two sides of the sustainably creative equation—the energy put in and the income that comes out.
Over the next few podcasts, he hopes to touch on what for him is the more difficult half of the equation to talk about—money!
