Bite Size Book Club

By Kristin Tweedale

Join Kristin and Amanda from the Crafty Ass Female podcast and dig into today's hottest creative books one bite at a time. Get even more out of this show through our free classes and community at http... more

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March 04, 2020 Elise Blaha Cripe | Big Dreams Daily Joys: Part Four Discussion One
On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are starting Part Four, and reading pages 136-145.
Show Notes:
• You gotta do the work
• Reject the inspiration cycle
Your best work will be something that you do.
Try This: Handling the highlight reel
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27min
February 26, 2020 Elise Blaha Cripe | Big Dreams Daily Joys: Part Three Discussion Four
On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are finishing Part Three, and reading pages 118-135.
Show Notes
• Developing a timeline
○ Matching up with events
○ Choosing a timeframe
• Documenting your progress is informative
○ Informative
○ Exciting
○ Gratitude
• Flexibility, pivoting, and letting yourself adapt
○ Lower your standards
○ Bend don't break
• Getting through transitional periods
○ There is no secret strategy
• When it's uncomfortable
○ Sometimes you don't need to add more things
• Dealing with doubt
○ There is no this thing
○ You don't have to do the thing
• When is it okay to stop?
○ Is this too difficult?
○ Are you bored?
○ Do you want to do this?
• There is no "made it" and what that means for continuing your work
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34min
February 19, 2020Elise Blaha Cripe | Big Dreams Daily Joys: Part Three Discussion Three
On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are continuing Part Three, and reading pages 108-117
Show Notes
You get to be scared
Fitting goals into daily work and life
Breaking it down
○ The recipe method
○ The group by task method
○ The one step at a time method
The value of check-ins
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32min
February 12, 2020 Elise Blaha Cripe | Big Dreams Daily Joys: Part Three Discussion Two
On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are continuing Part Three, and reading pages 98-107.
Show Notes
• Turning Dreams into Concrete
• Your Ideas and Your Voice are Valuable Take Them Seriously
• Say Your Goals Out Loud
Try This: Start an Accountability Group
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24min
February 05, 2020 Elise Blaha Cripe | Big Dreams Daily Joys: Part Three Discussion One
On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are starting Part Three, and reading pages 85-97.
Show Notes
• Where to start
○ Adding to your life
○ What do you want more of
• What's a goal, anyway?
○ Something to work towards
○ Something outside the normal
○ Pluses: Easy to connect with and easy to document
• What to do when you have too many ideas
○ Write them all down, give them each their own page.
○ Expand on each of those ideas for five minutes.
○ At the end, which one gave you the vibes?
• What to do when you have no ideas
○ Look back
○ Figure out what you want to improve on
○ You can always change your mind
• Try This: Five Year Plan
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16min
January 29, 2020Elise Blaha Cripe | Big Dreams Daily Joys: Part Two Discussion Five
On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are finishing up Part Two: Let's Make Room for Joy, and reading pages 76-83.
Show Notes
• Respecting the ebb and flow
• we all pay attention to the extremes more,
• But life mostly happens in the middle.
• Making decisions during highs blows has consequences.
• Taking temporary situations K trying to make them permanent.
• Cant avoid. can prepare.
• Showing up as you are is the most important part.
• This is about you. Stop comparing.
• Keep your eyes on your own paper.
• Keeping up with the Joneses
• You have enough time
• You have exactly enough time for the things that matter to you
• This can be a privileged perspective, but also a necessary way to look at the calendar
creating a façade of busy instead of creating personal boundaries.
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22min
January 21, 2020Elise Blaha Cripe | Big Dreams Daily Joys: Part Two Discussion Four
On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are continuing Part Two: Let's Make Room for Joy, and reading pages 60-75.
Today's Topics
Building in white space
You are in charge; not the computer
Being real about your social media use
Saying yes to the right things
How to find your absolutely yes tasks
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25min
January 16, 2020Elise Blaha Cripe | Big Dreams Daily Joys: Part Two Discussion Three
On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are continuing Part Two: Let's Make Room for Joy, and reading pages 52-59.
Show Notes
Today's Discussion
• Finding Pockets
• Stop reinventing the wheel
• Getting started
Finding Pockets
HOW to find time for the things you want to do.
(internal demands-or the little bits of sand).
This is how I want people to find time for Daily pages
Stop reinventing the wheel
Find things that work for you; stick with them.
This leads to less decision fatigue, and more time for creativity in places that matter more to you.
Getting started
Getting started can be the worst.
Here are several ways to try to make it work for you:
Think about your priorities
start w/ the easy stuff
use your best energy on the hardest stuff
Give yourself a deadline
start somewhere
Try This:
sort your tasks
honor your time zones
set a timer
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27min
January 08, 2020Elise Blaha Cripe | Big Dreams Daily Joys: Part Two Discussion Two
On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are continuing Part Two: Let's Make Room for Joy, and reading pages 44-51.
Show Notes
Topics in this week's episode
Big Picture scheduling
Re-evaluating What's in your life
Building Routine into your to-do list
To try: opt-in Notecards
Last Episode we talked about
list keeping and prioritizing
Today, we're first going to talk about Big Picture scheduling.
-External Demands preset dates
-Negotiated Demands - have to attend, but have some choice of when to schedule
- Internal Demands things you want need to attend, but are flexible on the date/time
This is difficult! Not everything will fit neatly into your schedule
You need to see the time you don't have so that you can see the time you do have.
Reevaluating what is in Your Life.
choosing your actions
opt-in exercise on pg 48 is great
This is important. (re-evaluating)
if you don't do this, other people determine what's important for your life; because we are always gelling filled up w/ randomities.
Building Routine into your to-do list
Almost everything should have a set time.
Pay attention to the flow of your days and weeks. This helps match energy levels to activities
Compartments for tasks can help you feel more focused & provide anchor points in your days/ weeks.
You are building a routine so you can break the routine.
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18min
January 03, 2020Elise Blaha Cripe | Big Dreams Daily Joys: Part Two Discussion One
On this episode of the Bite Size Book Club, we continue reading Big Dreams Daily Joys by Elise Blaha Cripe. Today we are starting up Part Two: Let's Make Room for Joy, and reading pages 32-43.
Show Notes
Pages 32-43
Why Plan?
• to stay on track
• to get ahead
• maintain focus
• when things go wrong its not the end of the world
• to build space into and around our lives and work
planning looks different for everyone
why are you NOT getting things done?
Lack of time
Lack of communication
Lack of focus
Great series of questions on pg 36 + flowchart on 37.
Why write things down?
• A list creates space
• A list helps you sort
• A list saves time
Why Prioritize?
Helps to give you a sense of what is essential
VS. non-essential on your list and let you
spend your time accordingly.
Determining your priorities
Two different methods she presents + the 'three things concept'
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22min

FAQs about Bite Size Book Club:

How many episodes does Bite Size Book Club have?

The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.