Tales From The Lane
Living Your Best Life as Creative Artist
Category: Career
Course Correcting Part 2: Navigating Change
In last week’s blog post, we talked about what it feels like to realize your life or career has somehow gotten off track. We’re not necessarily talking about a majorly negative thing, here, though it could also be that. For most of us though,… Continue Reading “Course Correcting Part 2: Navigating Change”
Course Correcting: When Your Career Has Taken a Wrong Turn
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” –Chinese proverb Today I want to talk about an experience that is common to all fields. Feeling like you’ve somehow gotten off course, and you… Continue Reading “Course Correcting: When Your Career Has Taken a Wrong Turn”
Making Space for What is Most Important
I want to talk to you today about the idea of making space for what is most important to us. This can mean a lot of things. It can mean making sure you have enough time in your schedule, and it can also mean… Continue Reading “Making Space for What is Most Important”
Courage Before Confidence
Today, we’re going to talk about the #1 thing that keeps people from making progress on their dreams, their goals, and their lives: Waiting until they feel confident enough to do it. We’re going to dig into why we do it, Why it’s… Continue Reading “Courage Before Confidence”
Do What YOU Want: How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think
I want to answer a question that comes up regularly for all artists. Actually, I’m fairly certain it comes up for all humans. Why is it that whenever we have an idea to do something–like, move to a new city, change jobs, take a… Continue Reading “Do What YOU Want: How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think”
What if it Was Easy?
We’ve all been there. Deep in the beginning stages of a project–and actually, it’s not quite the beginning. The beginning is fun! That’s when we jot down the ideas and it all just flows, and we have our mindmaps and our vision boards, and… Continue Reading “What if it Was Easy?”
Doing Less to Get More Done
I want to talk about something that comes up a lot both in the work I have done in Music as well as the work I do in life in general. It’s the idea of doing less, in order to get more done. That’s… Continue Reading “Doing Less to Get More Done”
How to Keep Yourself From Bailing On Your Goals
Hello, friend, I hope you have had an incredible week. Over the past 7 years of this blog, we’ve covered a lot of territory, but whether we’re talking about staying healthy while on tour, how to time-block, or set up your teaching studio, the… Continue Reading “How to Keep Yourself From Bailing On Your Goals”
How Will You be Remembered as an Artist?
At what point in our lives as artists should we start thinking about our Legacy? When we first started, walking into our very first piano lesson at the age of 5, or our first ballet class, or our first art class in summer… Continue Reading “How Will You be Remembered as an Artist?”
The Perfect Time to Start a New Project
I’m sitting here in my office looking out the window at the rain over the harbour. It’s the kind of day that inspires cups of tea and cozy sweaters–even though it’s technically 71 degrees here in Bermuda–and I just got another DM from… Continue Reading “The Perfect Time to Start a New Project”