Everyday Creative

How To Read This Book

The irony of writing a book about liberating your creativity then giving you advice on how to read it is not lost on me. So please, read this in whatever way serves you. All in one sitting or one sentence a day. Begin at the end or flip to any random page and start there. If you’re ready to blaze away, by all means. Jump straight to Chapter 1 or anywhere you like.

Having said that, I have tried to write it in a linear way that builds on previous chapters. So reading from start to finish is preferable. And I really encourage you to do the exercises and activities as they’re designed — especially the ones that make you feel the most uncomfortable. The ones that take a lot of time. And the ones where the ROI is unclear to you.

Because that’s where the change is: in doing the things you wouldn’t normally do. Or the things you stopped doing long ago.

If something feels silly, pointless or insignificant, ask yourself: why? Try to decipher whether it’s something you can confidently step over, or whether it’s just another way for you to resist or avoid the very thing you came here for.

I want you to see this book as a sacred space of self-indulgence.

A lot of it you can do privately and quietly. No-one has to know. You won’t look foolish or be exposed. But there are plenty of activities that specifically ask you to learn out loud. To declare your aspirations before you have a plan for how to fulfil them. To raise your hand before you have a question. To take ...