Over the years, my life has taken a lot of crazy twists and turns. Lots of fun and not so fun ups and downs. That includes some really hard times, which were usually my own fault. Between having a bad attitude, impulse control issues and just plain bad decision making I made a mess of […]
The holidays are over and it’s the perfect time for gifting yourself some creativity. Full of possibilities, the beginning of a new year can be pretty damn motivating. Of course, that feeling can be short lived, especially if you don’t use it to build some momentum. That’s where these recommendations come in. Don’t worry, I
Being creative is hard work and the struggle is real. Whether you’re a writer, artist, or designer; whether you do it for your own pleasure or to make a living, maintaining motivation for your work is one of the hardest parts of creative work. It’s particularly difficult in today’s world where often profit and productivity
I have to confess; I’ve succumbed to using a bit of clickbait tactics. Truth is, I don’t believe ideal writing spaces exist, but figured it’d catch your attention. To clarify, we all picture something different when we imagine our ideal writing space and its usually pure fantasy. For example, I picture a private library similar
Over the past couple years, I’ve repeatedly had Natalie Goldberg’s books mentioned and recommended to me. I of course dutifully noted it, but as often happens with tons of recommendations I get, it kept pushing it to the bottom of my list. When I was granted a review copy of her latest book, I knew
I suspect that most people expect to have our lives together by the age of thirty. Despite the belief that we knew everything as a teenager, we were still children. And while technically an adult by twenty, we were just trying to figure out who we were. If you were anything like me that involved
Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Alexis M. Collazo, at least that’s what I mostly use professionally these days. I also go by LexC or some variation on social media and for some past blogs and publications. This is not my first blog or website, I’ve actually been doing this for a couple decades. Yet it still feels very new to me.