It's time for an update on how we're doing with our (non-work-related) creative practices, and—hey, while we're at it—we'll go ahead and share some thoughts on what it's like to live in a shoe household vs. a shoeless one.

Claire's creative resources: Wendy MacNaughton's DrawTogether podcast, The Artist's Way (plus this New Yorker interview with the author Julia Cameron), and Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman.

Erica's creative resources: Jami Attenberg's #1000wordsofsummer and Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts by Matt Bell.

Share your creativity thoughts and feelings (and shoes-in-the-house musings) at 833-632-5463, [email protected], or @athingortwohq.

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