Archive - The Creative Way (with Annie Ridout)

February 2025

Find micro, meso and macro pleasures

and build them obsessively into your life.

Feb 26 •

This isn’t work. Or is it?

My daughter asks me if I’m going to be working during our trip away. I tell her I will be writing, not working. But writing is your work, she says.

Feb 18 •

I was offered $5000 to train AI on my writing

My publisher offered me a lump sum if I let AI loose on two of my non-fiction books. What do you think I said?

Feb 12 •

Money talk. Because creatives need it too

Having money can help you to create. And, the contrary - money nearly running out - can also drive creativity. It's about the mindset you adopt in…

Feb 7 •

The art of domesticity

Can chores be creative?

Feb 4 •

January 2025

Let's talk about Instagram.

I just deleted over 1000 posts (all of them) and now - in light of Meta's recent announcement - I'm working out how to approach Instagram creatively…

Jan 30 •

It's not procrastination, it's LIFE

And it should be lived creatively and enjoyed immensely, as well as used to earn a living and do the chores. But: here's how I'm planning on writing the…

Jan 27 •

Will a tidy home tidy my mind?

On whether you can be both peaceful and creative, in the home (and in your head).

Jan 24 •

The Creative Way manifesto

How to live and work creatively.

Jan 21 •

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