The Everyday Creative
At The Everyday Creative we believe that everyone is creative. Our creative acts often go unacknowledged and dismissed as daily problem-solving, but here they are celebrated. The Everyday Creative has two goals: to help you tap into creativity with actionable steps and advice. And we aim to help you (and ourselves) consume less. We believe that overconsumption affects happiness and the ability to thrive. Creativity, on the other hand, can increase happiness and lead to a more fulfilling life. So join us for biweekly episodes where we tackle a topic relating to creativity and consumption.
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Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
Oh hello! And welcome to The Everyday Creative, a podcast that encourages creation over consumption.
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends who strive to live our best lives while dealing with daily life.
Today, we are discussing procrastination. This relates to creativity in two ways. procrastination may be an excellent way to find a creative endeavor. And you can use creativity to find ways to stop procrastinating.
Here are the highlights:
Defining procrastination
Types of procrastinators
Ways to procrastinate
Benefits of procrastinating
Why we procrastinate
And if you want to - ways to stop
The Four Q’s
Question:
What is your favorite way to procrastinate?
Quest:
Identify something you are procrastinating about and set a plan to tackle it.
Quality Creativity:
Establishing a set workout time
Quote:
“I’m not a procrastinator, I’m just extremely productive at unimportant things.”
elephantontheroad.com
For additional info, check out the show notes:
Episode 14: Creatively Procrastinating
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Have a creative week!
Episode Credits:
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.
Music:
Theme Music:
“Living Life” by Scott Holmes Music. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive.
Break Background Music:
"Alive In It" by Ketsa. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Oh hello! And welcome to The Everyday Creative, a podcast that encourages creation over consumption.
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends who strive to live our best lives while dealing with daily life.
Today, we are discussing intentional technology usage. Here are the highlights:
Technology use in today’s world
Why using tech isn’t all bad
How to build awareness around your tech use
Creating intention around using tech
Using tech can benefit or stifle creativity
The Four Q’s
Question:
What is the best tactic you use to create intention around using technology?
Quest:
Identify one aspect of technology use you need to create more intention around.
Quality Creativity:
Black Mirror on Netflix
Quote:
“Social media has made too many people comfortable with disrespecting others and not getting hit in the face for it.”
- Unknown
For additional info, check out the show notes:
Episode 13: Intentional Technology Use
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Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective
Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com
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Have a creative week!
Episode Credits:
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.
Music:
Theme Music:
“Living Life” by Scott Holmes Music. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive.
Break Background Music:
"Alive In It" by Ketsa. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Oh hello! And welcome to The Everyday Creative, a podcast that encourages creation over consumption.
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends who strive to live our best lives while dealing with daily life.
Today, we are discussing using creativity in the kitchen. This episode is for anyone who sees cooking as a necessary evil. Here are the highlights:
- Our relationship to cooking
- What's important to you about cooking
- Making kitchen time more enjoyable
- Our favorite kitchen tools
- Kitchen storage and arrangement
- Tips on recipes
- Learning to cook
- Planning
- Make it fun
The Four Q's
Question:
What is it about cooking that you don't like?
Quest:
Cook something new this week. Or donate the things in your kitchen that you are not using.
Quality Creativity:
Aldi
Quote:
"I hate it when I go into the kitchen looking for food, and all I find is ingredients."
- Unknown
For additional info, check out our show notes page:
Episode 12: Creativity in the Kitchen
If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!
Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective
Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com
Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective
Check us out on Pinterest
Have a creative week!
Episode Credits:
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.
Music:
Theme Music:
“Living Life” by Scott Holmes Music. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive.
Break Background Music:
"Alive In It" by Ketsa. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Oh hello! And welcome to The Everyday Creative, a podcast that encourages creation over consumption.
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends who strive to live our best lives while dealing with daily life.
Today, we are exploring the concept of reducing friction. Here are the highlights.
- What is friction
- How does it relate to creativity
- Identifying friction
- Barriers vs friction
- Overcoming friction
The Four Q's
Question:
Do you think it is barriers or friction that create the most challenges for people?
Quest:
Find an area of your life where there is friction. How can you reduce the friction?
Quality Creativity:
Soap making cart
Quote:
"The biggest obstacle to creativity is breaking through the barrier of disbelief." - Rodney Mullen (skateboarder)
For additional info, check out our show notes page:
Episode 11: Reducing Friction
If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!
Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective
Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com
Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective
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Have a creative week!
Episode Credits:
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.
Music:
Theme Music:
“Living Life” by Scott Holmes Music. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive.
Break Background Music:
"Alive In It" by Ketsa. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Oh hello! And welcome to The Everyday Creative, a podcast that encourages creation over consumption.
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends who strive to live our best lives while dealing with daily life.
Today, we are talking about creating intention and awareness.
**Warning ** All of this takes work on your part.
Here are the highlights:
- Start with why
- Creativity requires time and space
- Mindfulness
- How to gain awareness
- Common pitfalls
- Strategies
The Four Q's:
Question:
What is something you are currently creating awareness and intention around?
Quest:
Decide what you want to become more aware of and use one of the strategies discussed in the episode.
Quality Creativity:
Curriculum for building awareness, setting intention, and bringing in more positivity.
Quote:
"Awareness is the greatest agent for change." - Eckart Tolle
For additional info, check out our show notes page:
Episode 10: Creating Intention & Awareness
If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!
Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective
Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com
Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective
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Have a creative week!
Episode Credits:
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.
Music:
Theme Music:
“Living Life” by Scott Holmes Music. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive.
Break Background Music:
"Alive In It" by Ketsa. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Friday Feb 23, 2024
Oh hello! And welcome to The Everyday Creative, a podcast that encourages creation over consumption.
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends who strive to live our best lives while dealing with daily life.
Today, we are chatting about creativity's role in fitness. Here are the highlights:
- The definition of fitness and standard recommendations
- Mindset matters
- How to make it a habit and useful strategies
The Four Q's:
Question:
What is your history with movement and exercise?
Quest:
Add movement to your daily routine.
Quality Creativity:
CrossFit Box Jumps
Quote:
"Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we." - Lee Haney (bodybuilder)
For additional info, check out our show notes page:
Episode 9: Creativity in Fitness
If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!
Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective
Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com
Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective
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Have a creative week!
Episode Credits:
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.
Music:
Theme Music:
“Living Life” by Scott Holmes Music. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive.
Break Background Music:
"Alive In It" by Ketsa. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Oh hello! And welcome to The Everyday Creative, a podcast that encourages creation over consumption.
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends who strive to live our best lives while dealing with daily life.
On this episode, we are chatting about the concept of negative creativity. Here are the highlights:
- What is negative creativity
- Types of negative creativity
- Negative outcomes of creativity
The Four Q's:
Question:
Is creativity ever neutral? Does it have to be good or bad?
Quest:
Identify a time in your life when you did something creative, but there were unintended consequences to you or someone else.
Quality Creativity:
Prison contraband and creative ways to stop it
Quote:
"Creativity doesn't wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones." - Bruce Garrabrandt (artist)
For additional info, check out our show notes page:
Episode 8: Negative Creativity
If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!
Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective
Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com
Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective
Check us out on Pinterest
Have a creative week!
Episode Credits:
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.
Music:
Theme Music:
“Living Life” by Scott Holmes Music. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive.
Break Background Music:
"Alive In It" by Ketsa. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Oh hello! And welcome to The Everyday Creative, a podcast that encourages creation over consumption.
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends who strive to live our best lives while dealing with daily life.
Today on The Everyday Creative, we are talking about the Qualities of Creative people, how to tell if you have them, and what to do to get them.
The Four Q's:
Question:
What is your strongest creative quality?
Quest:
Identify a quality that needs some work and use one of the strategies we talked about to improve it.
Quality Creativity:
Focusmate
Quote:
"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it. They just saw something." - Steve Jobs
For additional info, check out our show notes page:
Episode 7: Qualities of Creative People
If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!
Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective
Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com
Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective
Check us out on Pinterest
Have a creative week!
Episode Credits:
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.
Music:
Theme Music:
“Living Life” by Scott Holmes Music. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive.
Break Background Music:
"Alive In It" by Ketsa. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Oh hello! And welcome to The Everyday Creative, a podcast that encourages creation over consumption.
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends who strive to live our best lives while dealing with daily life.
Today, we are discussing being creative with limited resources. Here are the highlights:
- The two most common limited resources: time and money
- Changing your mindset around limitations
- How to change your mindset
- Strategies for limited time and money
The Four Q's:
Question:
What is your #1 limited resource? What strategy will you use to overcome this?
Quest:
Employ one strategy this week to extend your limited resource.
Quality Creativity:
Communication
Quote:
"Creativity involves breaking out of expected patterns in order to look at things in a different way." - Edward de Bono (physician and psychologist)
For additional info, check out the show notes:
Episode 6: Creativity with Limited Resources
If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!
Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective
Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com
Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective
Check us out on Pinterest
Have a creative week!
Episode Credits:
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.
Music:
Theme Music:
“Living Life” by Scott Holmes Music. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive.
Break Background Music:
"Alive In It" by Ketsa. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive
Friday Dec 29, 2023
Friday Dec 29, 2023
Oh hello! And welcome to The Everyday Creative, a podcast that encourages creation over consumption.
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends who strive to live our best lives while dealing with daily life.
On this episode, we are chatting about minimalism. Here are the highlights:
- Defining minimalism
- Benefits of minimalism
- Misconceptions of minimalism
- Downside of minimalism
- First steps to minimalism
Helpful resource: What is Minimalism? A Practical Guide to a Minimalist Lifestyle by Anthony Ongaro.
The Four Q's:
Question:
How does minimalism show up in your life... or does it?
Quest:
Clean out one drawer. Bonus: Try a decluttering method.
Quality Creativity:
Bookshelf/entertainment center
Quote:
"Minimalism is not the lack of something. It's simply the perfect amount of something." - Nicholas Burroughs (graphic designer, minimalist)
For additional info, check out the show notes:
Episode 5: Minimalism
If you’re ready to start creating a life you love, check out our free guide!
Connect with The Everyday Creative Collective
Email: hello@theeverydaycreativecollective.com
Follow us on Instagram: @theeverydaycreativecollective
Check us out on Pinterest
Have a creative week!
Episode Credits:
We are your hosts, Emily and Evie Soape, sisters and friends in the midst of figuring out how to live our best lives. Emily Soape produces the show.
Music:
Theme Music:
“Living Life” by Scott Holmes Music. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive.
Break Background Music:
"Alive In It" by Ketsa. Available for use under the CC BY 3.0 license at Free Music Archive