It’s one thing to know how to help yourself prioritize your creative whims or how to reach out to a friend to give her a hand. But how do we, as individuals, encourage members of the creative community? The task sounds daunting, especially when we open the definition of community up to include people we either...
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The last two weeks here at Girlyfight have been full of great tips on how to nurture creativity for yourself and your friends. Some of our amazing community members have offered helpful advice on ways they take care of their creative passions, as well as ways to cheer your friends on as they travel their own creative...
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When I was a kid, I remember watching movies that showed dinner parties filled with extraordinary people and thinking to myself, “one day, I will have friends like that.” I wanted to be surrounded by people who inspired me, who understood my creative side and loved me because of it. And so that is how I chose to grow...
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Today, we wanted to share with you a really fun and simple idea that we found via Pinterest awhile back. We’ve adapted this project to fit the mission of CiT, and we’re sure you can further tweak it to fit your needs. So, as we have been doing research for ways to help nurture creativity for our friends and...
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We all need a little help now and then, it’s just not always so easy to know when or how to ask for that help. As I was doing research for this post, I found that there were very few articles that discussed how adults can help their friends or family achieve their creative goals; most of what I found related to how...
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To finish out this week, we thought it would be interesting to hear where others struggle. We asked a variety of creative women the following question: What’s one thing you can change today that would help you nurture your creativity more consistently? Melinda: “One thing that I can change to nurture my...
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On Tuesday, we talked a little bit about the importance of acknowledging our accomplishments as motivation to keep going. Let’s dig into that a little deeper. Sometimes, I find myself frustrated, thinking I’ve never accomplished anything. Those little voices creep up and tell me that nothing I’ve ever...
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Today, let’s get down to business. One thing that I’ve noticed about creativity is that no matter how hard we try to push it aside while we focus on “more important” matters, those yearnings refuse to be squelched. Sometimes they scream and sometimes they whisper, but they’re always there,...
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February is here and it has become something of a tradition at Girlyfight to transform a month that seems to center around a holiday that celebrates romantic love and nothing else. We think romantic love is just lovely, but we also think that other kinds of love are pretty darn spectacular, too. So, we’re gonna do...
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Today is Groundhog Day. Every year, they pull that poor little critter from his warm bed and make a big deal out of whether or not he sees his shadow. However, thanks to a certain movie starring Bill Murray, Groundhog Day also invokes the idea of events repeating themselves over and over and over again. Sometimes, I feel...
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