STILL feeling good! This self-care thing? Excellente! This week, I’m bringing you King Arthur: The Colby version, the grand FINALE in my MLK Jr Day mini saga, and some general updates on my creative process for writing, worldbuilding, and creative uni this week! Side note: I LOVE feeling this good on a daily basis, and I hope that I can continue this trend of self-care throughout the semester and throughout the year.

I’m feeling REALLY GOOD, y’all, and it’s because of my 2018 self-care mantra. More sleep, more homemade food, more time to meditate and relax, and taking it ONE day at a time. Plus, a focus on the journey and the process, rather than on the final product or goal.

Still, I continue to scale back on certain things and home in on others as I continue to recognize where I feel creatively, emotionally, and spiritually aligned on my road to sci-fi writer infamy!

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The first week of grad school / the second week of the year was actually pretty mild, with the exception of the AMAZING and EXPLOSIVE slam poetry performance I had the pleasure of co-producing for our “Tucson Celebrates MLK Day” performance.

I also have some insights on what it means to assert your directorial space as a woman and as a Black artist, and as a forewarning, if you aren’t educated on the issues of race and are easily offended with discussions on White supremacy, then this is not the episode for you (but you are more than welcome to join me next week)!

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We’re still at the beginning of the new year, y’all, and I’ve had a major personal breakthrough. By accident, lol!

I’m going to talk about workoholism today, and YES, workoholism IS a thing, y’all. In many ways it works on your brain and dopamine in the same way as drugs and alcohol do. BE CAREFUL of letting it take you over; just because amazing work ethic, high levels of production, and hitting goals are positive things DOES NOT mean you can’t overload on too much of a good thing.

Here are some lessons I’ve learned from beginning to turn my workaholism around, and some actions I’m taking to engage more fully in my self-care, health, and preservation.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR, ALL!! It’s 2018, and I cannot WAIT to jump in both feet first!

Giiiiiiirl… despite the fact that we have a real-life science experiment sitting and spinning in the White House, in the REBEL RAGDOLL house, it’s been one HELL of an amazing year!! xoxo

TABLE OF CONTENTS (FOR the Podcast)

**click a time stamp to go to the section you’re interested in!**

Professional Development & GROWTH

* You’ve Been Warned, Boo! Lol! – 00:00:00

* Creative Achievements Intro – 00:01:24

* Did I Achieve My Original 2017 Goals? – 00:06:50

* Reader Relationships for 2017 – 00:13:49

* Author Relationships 2017 – 00:26:28

* Influencer Relationships 2017 – 00:45:53

* Marketing & Platform-building 2017 – 00:55:31

* Writing, Research, and Shadow-development 2017 – 01:32:55

* Directing-Dramaturgy 2017 – 01:41:54

* Professional Development for 2017, I: My Personal Creative Uni – 02:09:54

* Professional Development for 2017, II: Graduate School – 03:06:36

My Media F’empire: Rebel Ragdoll

* Rebel Ragdoll – 03:57:46

* New Adult Noir(e) – 04:39:49

* Rebel Ragdoll Press – 04:59:58

* Rebel Ragdoll Productions – 05:06:49

* The Bohemian Badass – 05:22:45

* Subsidiaries in Development for 2018: The Blackheart Boulange & The Dollhouse – 05:46:07

* Subsidiaries in Development for Future: ChickRogue Studios, Subterranime, Doll Theatre, Miscellany! at Rebel Ragdoll – 06:02:02

ME!

* Personal Achievements! – 06:10:14

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Creative Achievements for 2017:

DID I ACHIEVE MY original GOALS?

We’re going to start off by evaluating whether or not I even hit the goals that I originally set for myself at the beginning of the year.

reader relationships 2017

My relationship with my readers has grown EXPONENTIALLY, and I have SO much to talk about in this video! From the size of my readership to the quality of our rapport, I’ve seen improvements on all fronts. It’s one of my greatest achievements of 2017.

AUTHOR relationships 2017

2017 was a knock-out year for author relationships, and I loved it! I have finally found an internet home amongst other authors, and I’ve even been creating my own “online author home” of my own.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, Y’ALL! As promised, here’s a weekly and a Q4 Creative Achievements Round Up, with a LOT of effort to not repeat info, lol. It’s been a really wonderful and productive 2017

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Chile, the ENTIRE TITLE of this vlog is “I Don’t Need Your Fucking Permission: Re-reading Shakespeare and Putting the Fuck You Back into the MFA”.

Yeah, bruh. That’s how annoyed and angry grad school had me in its final weeks, lol. This update is HELLA long (over 2.5 hours), and encompasses three weeks of creative hustle, so be forewarned!

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Short update for today, BUT I still needed to take some time to wish y’all a Happy (post) Thanksgiving, express some gratitudes, and just keep myself and the world up-to-date on Colby’s crazy creative life!

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Self-doubt is SO real, you guys, even when your author year has been total FIRE! But despite the comparisonitis I’ve felt these past couple weeks, I found a way to use my angst to FUEL my determination. All it takes is a little realness and re-structuring! 2018 and 2019, PREPARE FOR GLORY!!

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