BONUS: Create Anyway (A conversation about art and perfectionism with Ashlee Gadd)

10 Things To Tell You

Laura Tremaine

Society & Culture, Unknown, Personal Journals

4.7 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

As someone who has been writing and creating on the internet for over a decade, I know first hand all the challenges that one can face in their pursuit of creative work. The desire to create is there, but the obstacles are real, especially if you become a parent and feel like your time, resources and energy are limited. My guest, Ashlee Gadd, is the perfect person to speak to his as she has just released a book called Create Anyway: The Joy of Pursuing Creativity in the Margins of Motherhood Ashlee and I ended up talking for two hours about art and perfectionism, how it takes a village to create good work, and the social media of it all. We also took a tangent and had a fascinating discussion about paid communities (including Patreon - where I host Secret Stuff), and metrics and some of the more in-the-weeds parts of content creation. That part of the conversation will be available to Secret Stuff members only. JOIN SECRET STUFF HERE I felt so inspired after talking with Ashlee. You don’t have to be a writer or online creator to enjoy this conversation. All of us are wired for some sort of creative expression and life can always get in the way of that. You can buy Ashlee’s book Create Anyway wherever you buy books. I hope this conversation inspires you to pursue your own creative outlet with abandon. Ashlee Gadd on Instagram: www.instagram.com/ashleegadd Coffee + Crumbs on Instragram: www.instagram.com/coffeeandcrumbs Ashlee Gadd on Substack: www.ashleegadd.substack.com Ashlee Gadd on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ashlee_gadd/ MENTIONED in this episode: Ep. 57: Masterminds: How to create and structure a business peer group (with guests Jamie Golden, Bri McKoy, and Kendra Adachi) The Social Dilemma documentary on Netflix Deep Work by Cal Newport Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport SUBSCRIBE to 10 Things To Tell You so you never miss an episode! CLICK HERE for episode show notes FOLLOW @10ThingsToTellYou on Instagram FOLLOW @10ThingsToTellYou on Facebook JOIN the 10 Things To Tell You Connection Group SIGN UP for episode emails, links, and show notes JOIN the Secret Stuff patreon BUY THE BOOK: Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First. by Laura Tremaine BUY THE BOOK: The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs by Laura Tremaine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Laura Tremaine and I have 10 things to tell you.
0:07.0	I'm Laura Tremaine and I have 10 things to tell you.
0:12.0	And you have 10 things to tell you.
0:12.5	And you have 10 things to tell.
0:15.9	This show is about connection with each other
0:18.7	and with ourselves.
0:20.1	And the hope is that the things we talk about here will be fuel for better conversations and a personal awareness.
0:26.4	Each episode has a prompt or a topic that I want you to take to your journal, text to a friend,
0:31.9	or share on social media using the hashtag 10
0:34.9	things to tell you. This is a show about digging deeper and sharing our
0:39.4	stuff. I'll go first. As a person who has been writing and creating on the internet for over
0:46.9	a decade I know firsthand all the challenges that one can face in their pursuit of creative work.
0:55.0	The desire to create is there, but those obstacles are real, especially if you become
1:00.2	a parent and you feel like your time, resources, and energy are just
1:04.5	incredibly limited. My guest today Ashley Gadd has just published a book
1:09.5	called Create Anyway, The Joy of Pursuing Creat creativity in the margins of motherhood and it touches on all of this
1:18.1	Ashley and I ended up talking for two hours about making art and perfectionism and how it takes a village to create good work and also the social media of it all.
1:31.0	We also took a bit of a tangent and had a fascinating discussion about
1:34.7	Patreon and other paid communities and those metrics and like some of the more
1:40.2	inside baseball parts of content creation.
1:44.1	That part of the conversation,
1:46.1	that will be available only to my secret stuff patrons.
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