Notes on how you can be more creative with guest Vanessa Harnik

Ever catch yourself thinking, "I wish I were more creative"? You've come to the right place.

🎨 My guest Vanessa Harnik is an advocate for creatives and she shares her tips and secrets about how you can lead a (more) creative life.

She comes from a long line of artists and makers. She's the granddaughter of abstract painter Paul Feeley and runs a family stationery business.

She happily shares she's not very good at all the crafts she loves. She does them anyway. Her secret to staying creative isn't talent. It's small habits and the right people around her.

Vanessa's advice for anyone who wants to be more creative:

• Start small.

• When "be more creative" feels overwhelming, go bite-sized

• Write down three things you noticed today (a practice her grandfather gave his art students, and it changes how you see everything)

• Try tiny experiments: a small drawing, a little writing, a new recipe

• Surround yourself with creative people, and keep meeting new ones

• Get out of your comfort zone: travel, museums, live music, even a comedy show

• Reach out to someone you haven't talked to in years and tell them what they meant to you