7 Freelancer Stereotypes That Are Totally True
Life as a freelancer looks different for everyone, and it doesn't look very much like what non-freelancers think it does. No, we don't sit in our pajamas all day, and…
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Category: creativity
8 Back-to-School Practices for Adults to Steal
For all the griping about the end of summer and then dread of a new classroom and a new teacher, back-to-school is also a time of excitement for a…
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Closing the Stability Gap: As Freelance Workforce Rises, So Do the Benefits
Despite a distinct lack of inclusion by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in their monthly figures, the numbers we do have available don't lie: More workers, both in the U.S.…
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Study: Working Later Can Make You Less Productive
Adding further proof to the pile of studies that laud the positive impact of taking time away from work, a study from the University of Zurich has found that employees…
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Why Do Creatives Love Nature So Much? Science, Psychology, and Nostalgia
Not everyone — ok, almost no one — can pull a Thoreau and go running into the woods in the pursuit of a deliberate life. But in the summer time,…
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Healthy Body, Healthy Mind: How Physical Health Impacts Creativity
The stereotype of the artist who stays up all night and drinks themselves to an early death has been interrupted in the last few years by a new class of…
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Your Grown-Up Back-to-School Creative Reading List
Depending on what kind of a kid you were, back-to-school was either the best or the worst part of the year. Maybe you were elated by the smell of freshly-sharpened…
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How to Be More Creative: Take Time Off and Work Fewer Hours
Among the things we are conditioned to believe about working, possibly one of the most detrimental is that you should be doing it all the time. We bank our vacation…
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Social Media Scrapbooking: How to Go Beyond Instagram
With over 200 million users at last check, it's no secret that Instagram is favorite app for a lot of folks -- but snapping the perfect picture and then doing…
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CEO David Howitt and the Journey for Purpose and Meaning
David Howitt is engaged with the stuff that’s hard to pin down. The Founder and CEO of Meriwether Group, a private equity, business accelerator, and advisory firm headquartered in Portland,…
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