This week we're talking about how to develop your creative palette and style without being derivative. This is a subject that applies across different creative practices from art to writing and even how you dress or decorate your home.

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Steal like an Artist by Austin Kleon

Steps to develop your creative palette:

Step one: Develop your taste (Be a fan! Appreciate art!)

Step two: MAKE DERIVITIVE WORK (keep doing so until your own style emerges)

Step three: Keep developing, keep growing, keep making (to infinity & beyond)

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In this week's episode we're diving into how to make vision boards and 5 year plans. If you're in the mood to think about your goals and dreams, you're in the right place. We're also answering some listener questions and engaging in a Hot Take Debate about whether romantic comedies are actually the worst.

How to make a vision board:

Create different categories for your goals (family, work, fitness, etc)

Write in present tense

Get pictures from the internet or magazines

"We overestimate what we can do in a day, but we underestimate what we can do in a year."

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In this week's episode we're sharing our Spring Bucket List since it's officially the first week of Spring. It's still pretty cold where we live, so a lot of this is wishful thinking, but it's fun to plan things to look forward to. We're also sharing an extra hot Hot Take Debate about kids and iPads.

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Elsie:

1. Get new hair & general glow up for the joy of it
2. Read all the Brontë novels
3. Start buying fresh flowers & practicing making little arrangements
4. Paint all the time
5. Finish our Mouse Mansion!

Emma:

1. Easter baskets
2. Decorate entry way
3. Refresh fairy garden
4. Start walking outside again
5. Wallpaper the kitchen

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