In which Michael talks about some of the things he's learned on his journey to recording 800 episodes of the One Thing Today podcast.
#799: Keep things slowly ticking over
In which Michael continues to count down to his 800th episode of One Thing Today with his fourth public podcast of the week.
In today's podcast, Michael talks about the importance of being kind to ourselves if we want to keep our creative lives slowly ticking over.
In which Michael explains that he has decided to hold off on recording the 800th podcast until he feels more able to string some coherent thoughts together.
#798: Sustainable creativity is about planning for the bad days
In which Michael continues to count down to his 800th episode of One Thing Today with his third public podcast of the week.
In today's podcast Michael talks about how building a creative life around our bad days means that that creative life is far more likely to be a sustainable one.
#797: Don't be put off by the discomfort of recognising limits
In which Michael pours out his morning tea and continues to counts down to the 800th episode of One Thing Today.
In today's podcast Michael talks about how, whilst recognising our limits can be uncomfortable, choosing to do so is the first step in learning to lead a sustainably creative life.
#796: Counting down to the 800th podcast
In which Michael begins a week of publicly available podcasts counting down to his 800th episode of One Thing Today.
In today's podcast, Michael talks about finally having the space to reflect on his month-long break in August and how it has shown him that he needs to find a way to pare back a little.
#795: Looking forward to a simple day
In which Michael looks forward to a simple day and continuing to get back into his normal routine after his holiday and Gladfest.
#794: Back home
In which Michael talks about needing to accept that he will be having a few very slow days (or even weeks) after his trip away.
#793: Heading home from Gladstone's Library
In which Michael finds a sunny spot to record his last podcast from Gladstone's Library and talks a little about finding a balance between resting and being sociable.
#792: Breakfast and letter writing
In which Michael is about to go in search of a late breakfast and then plans to make his One Thing for the day some letter writing.
#791: A sunny bench to sit on
In which Michael finds a sunny bench to sit on and plans a very restful day.
#790: Packing a toothbrush and a teapot
In which Michael reports that he just needs to pack his teapot and toothbrush and then he'll be ready to head off to Gladstone's Library for Gladfest.
#789: Getting ready to go away
In which Michael decides to focus on preparations for his trip away this weekend in the hope that feeling more ready will help him relax.
#788: Remembering to make the space for some "empty time"
In which Michael starts his morning slowly with some coffee, a sit on his studio sofa and few entries of May Sarton's journal, At Seventy.
#787: Not patting myself on my back too soon!
In which Michael realises that starting work at the end of a holiday is just as difficult as stopping work at the beginning of one, something he'd forgotten to consider in his holiday planning.
#786: A month of resting, reading and letter writing
In which Michael reports on a happy month of resting, reading and letter writing and plans a gentle start to his first working week for a month.
