Resources for Creative Entrepreneurs. About Easy Blogging, Digital Downsizing and Inspiration for Life.
Here’s a second roundup of useful and inspiring resources and links.
It’s a mixed bag. Ideas for easy blogging. Thoughts on digital downsizing and social media as well as some beautiful and thoughtful inspiration for life.
EASY SUMMERTIME BLOGGING
- Take the 7 Link Challenge Today. The idea is to create a “sneeze page” that helps visitors to find the highlights of your blog, even as they drop off the front page of your blog. It’s an easy and fun challenge, and of course you can be creative and modify the questions if you like. From ProBlogger.
- Take a break from the pressures and expectations of regular blogging and let your photos do the all the talking for the month of August. The August Break is hosted by talented and lovely photographer & writer Susannah Conway.
- Blogging In a New Light: Simple Blogging. Turn your day into a poetic, enchanting poem accompanied by a photo. By mixed media artist Susan Tuttle.
TIME TO TAKE A BREAK FROM SOCIAL MEDIA?
- Time for a Digital Sabbatical? By Gwen Bell who owns a yoga studio, is writing a book about digital intimacy and is one of 2010′s Most Influential Women in Tech.
- Have you ever felt like you were spending too much time on social networking? Here’s a great read: Breaking Up the Social Networking Way. By paper aficionado Jen who creates delightful things made of paper and blogs at Simply Said.
- Social Media Has Damaged My Attention Span. An interesting article by jewelry designer and blogger Brandi who lives her life inspired by colour. Find Brandi’s jewelry at Catie’s Blue and her blog at Brandi Girl.
- Input vs. Creativity (Or, Thoughts on Surfing the Web) an interesting read by the ever resourceful, helpful, talented and friendly Sister Diane of CraftyPod.
INSPIRATION FOR LIFE
- Here are three thought-provoking articles for people who want to live life on their own terms by self development
gurucowboy, Jonathan Mead of Illuminated Mind: Write Your Own Permission Slip, The Three Ways to Deal With Difficult Emotions and How to Overcome Limiting Beliefs. - Finally, don’t miss writer and crafter Megs’ inspirational manifesto Live Like a Handful of Smarties. From Made By Megs.
Did you miss the first roundup of Resources for Creative Entrepreneurs?
Have you got any good reads about blogging, social media and digital downsizing that you’d like to share?
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When I got my first computer, it was my personal digital space. After a day at work, I would finally get home to my computer, my operating system – a digital space that could be anything I wanted it to be.
And gradually, my once so creative and peaceful digital canvas became a stressful environment flooded with e-mail, instant messaging, social media, the distractions of the internet and unread RSS feed items… Who thought of that idea anyway? “Unread items”? As though reading articles you’re interested in, is a list of obligations and not a pleasure? And yes of course it spills over into how you feel about it!
So I decided to create some new habits for my digital life. To make changes to how and when I browse the web, to clean up my RSS-feeds, my mail and to turn things on and off. To reduce the stream of information. To log off to find the time, inspiration and attention for the things I value most. To focus on being creative and connecting. To find my flow. And to return to my laptop to express myself.











