Author: ellibellemayhem

Beware the cycle of constant interruption. Life and people will run you in endless circles of zero productivity if you allow them to. Avoiding this involves being clear about your priorities and exercising your "no" muscle. You won't always be able to circumvent the interruption but every time you do, you increase your ability to [...]

Format is Everything. Plan and clean and lay foundations. Last year was hard and shitty. Plan this year's hard and shitty better. You have gifts. Play them wisely in the world.

Look at the small motifs in your life. Altering them for the better can be the foundation for the big changes you want.

I have house dreams, and the state of the architecture in my dreams always bears messages from my deeper consciousness about the state of my life. January is always house month at Castle Mayhem, and we start the to do list in October. So as I sat going through the hard drives on a rainy [...]

It's easy to get spun off course at the whims of others. Part of keeping myself on an even keel is feeling and balancing my creative center. Otherwise I'll chase a butterfly right off a cliff.

Disrupt your habits. Hold yourself accountable but change the format. This is a turnkey practice! Getting used to the unexpected is its own seductive dance.

Sometimes you can feel the universe throwing rocks at you, some of them hit and others whizz right by your head and hit someone you care about. This week has been a gravel explosion in everyone's face. Duck and cover.