Wriinkle Podcast

Here we bleedn go - another wriinkle Short episode.

We've proper loved making this last few Shorts - we're quite happy with how they've turned out but it's been the process of making them that's been the most fulfilling part - and that's a big part of what this is all about...the biggest.

So, when it came to thinking about making this one and trying to pin down a subject to explore, we thought about how to maintain our momentum from putting the last few together and keeping that good vibe going - and so we referred to Creative Confidence again (a book by David and Tom Kelley, which we love) and a particular exercise cme to mind; Rate My Day!

I talk about this little method in the episode and how it's helped me with making these podcasts and other ways i think we can use it to get more out ourselves and our lives.

The Creative Confidence book can be found here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Confidence-Unleashing-Potential-Within-ebook/dp/B00CKE05ZY

And the bit we're refering to here is on page 163

Let us know if you have tried something like this before, or if you give it a go after hearing this - what do you reckon on it?

Get in touch - we've been loving the little discussions and bits of feedback we've had about the recent Shorts - so thank you :)

Nice one!

Anton

Thanks for listening - hope you enjoy this one as much as we did making it!

So I was with some mates of mine last night and the company they work at has just announced massive changes and they’re all facing uncertainty about their jobs and their future. So naturally we spent the whole evening talking through everything.

The parts of the conversation that stuck out to me was where people we're talking in impressive detail about future eventualities where things just don't turn out well for them. This got me thikning about the effect that these non-existent futures were having on them (i'm just as prone to this by the way). I was reminded of Dr Joe Disoenza's thinking/feeling loop (which we've talked about before) and how what we contemplate creates biochemical reactions that affect us physically and create real feelings - and then our brain responds to these feelings as an indication of our state of being. That's the loop and i'm worried my friends will get stuck in that while they're contemplating these negative outcomes. At the very least they're putting themselves through the stress of this negative eventuality - imagine if somehow a negative reality transpires - they will have been through the pain over and again!

So this episode is me talking all of this through and trying to work out what's going on here.

Thank you for your feedback on Monday's episode about me dealing with my daily anxieties after quitting my job - it's so much appreciated. Keep it coming and let me know what you think about this subject - do you agree with me? Do you think it's best to prepare for the worst? What's your approach to dealing with uncertainty about your future?

Reach out to:

[email protected]

@wriinkle (Instagram & Twitter)

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Anton

Thanks for listening! This episode is a continuation/update on the Should You Quit Your Day Job? short that we released a week ago.

I've been recording this on a Sunday and these days since leaving my full time day job and turning my daily/weekly routine on it's head, Sunday is a very weird day for me. In the past I’d just chill on most Sundays, there’s no pressure during the day – but now there’s always work to be done on wriinkle, there's always ideas forming, plans being made, improvements to make and anything that’s not done or improved on or created has such a significant bearing on the project.

And when you’re steering your own ship and fully creating and planning your own workload those feelings of anxiety can carry on throughout the week. You can get to the end of your day and just feel underwhelmed by what you’ve achieved, or you can even be in the middle of your day and suddenly question and lose confidence in whatever it is that your doing and you start wondering whether you’re on the right track or you’re being productive enough. And as I’ve become conscious of these moments and these feelings I’ve looked into it more and stuff like loneliness, anxiety and even depression are commonly associated with entrepreneurship.

However, the plan was always to draw personal value and inspiration from the full podcats episodes where we speak to inspirational people who have already embarked on - or are successful in - making their ambitions a reality. I would say every episode has at least some part where our guest provides super useful insight in takling these anxieties i've been experiencing.

In this episode i've picked out a clip from #011with Danny Carr where he talks us through his process for planning, goal setting and gratitude that helps him feel like he's always on course to achieve his ambitions.

Get in touch and let us know if you're facing similar challenges - or if you've found ways to negate them.

Send comments or and questions to:

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/wriinkle/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/wriinkle?lang=en

Let us know what you reckon :)

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Anton 

Here’s another wriinkle Short, thanks for listening!

In this one we’ll be taking a closer look at a bit from my conversation in the last podcast episode with Kirsty Doyle – when asked to pick out the qualities she’s had to show herself in pursuing her passion and making things happen with her business, Kirsty was so clear in her answers stating things like confidence, positivity and vision.

The energy behind her answer and the qualities she picked out got me thinking about the term creative confidence. This term actually comes from a book called ‘Creative Confidence’ that we’ve all read and it’s played a big part in wriinkle’s early days. 

So we’ve put together this episode, delving into what Kirsty said a little more and introducing of Creative Confidence.

For a start the authors are clear that the term creativity shouldn’t be confused with ‘being artistic’ – creativity is just our propensity to come to new ideas, ways of approaching things, negotiating situations, whatever. It’s certainly not a gift – as if some people are ‘creative’ and others aren’t.

There’s a whole methodology which is detailed in Creative Confidence about how to tap into your creativity and how to approach it.

Link to the book on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Confidence-Unleashing-Potential-within/dp/0008139385/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1528932447&sr=8-1&keywords=creative+confidence

Also, here’s a Ted talk given by David Kelley – one of the two brothers who came up with Creative Confidence:

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_kelley_how_to_build_your_creative_confidence

Thank you to everyone that’s been talking to us about the last short on blue light and biohacking. The feedback has been really positive and even better the conversations we’ve been having about the subject has been great.

So get in touch again and let us know what your thought of this episode and about the subject of creative confidence.

[email protected]

wriiinkle on Instagram/Twitter.

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Anton

Welcome to episode 20!!!

We’re made up we’ve reached the 20th episode! We'd like to say a huuuuge thank you to all of the guestes we've had so far and of course, all of YOU, the people who've listend and subscribed, and told other people and reviewed. It's so much appreciated and we know that this is just the start of the wriinkle project and we'll be making the conent better and better. Watch this space!

This week we’re marking the occasion by bringing you a conversation we had with Kirsty Doyle. So Kirsty’s a fashion designer, she runs two businesses and also runs her own studio where she’s designing and manufacturing womenswear, kidswear, wedding dresses the lot…and we’ll hear all about the journey she’s been on in getting where she is…. but the most impressive thing is that she’s evidently a proper savvy and hardworking business person but at the same time is so humble & down to earth & has a laugh and that is a great combination of qualities – so we all came away from recording this episode feeling inspired to approach our own projects in the same way that Kirsty does.

Let us know what you think of this - we're loving all your messages and your ideas for new guests and subject areas - keep it coming, we'll get round to replying to everyone.

Reach out on our Instagram or [email protected].

Have a look at Kirsty Doyle and her amazing work at:

https://www.kirsty-doyle.com/

https://www.instagram.com/kirstydoyle/?hl=en

Hope you enjoy this - we loved making it :)

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Anton

Thanks for listening!

Since we did the 'Sleep On It' episode a little while back, we're finding ourselves still thinking about sleep and the role it plays in health, recovery, wellbeing etc - and so this episode is building on the sleep subject.

Blue Light is a natural frequency of light that we're supposed to be exposed to mainly from the sun - it sets our body clock. However, in the modern world we're exposed to unprecedented amounts of intsnse blue light at all sorts of unnatural times of the day - this is via stuff like modern light bulbs, LED lights, smartphones, tablets, televisions, computer monitor, the lot!

In this we expolore what's going on here and some ways that we can help limit this over exposure to blue light. We also talk about red light (which is something I didn't know about before looking into this all further).

If you want to find out more, there's loads of stuff on Google - in particular I mention a blog called Primal Hacker: https://primalhacker.com/blog

Also reach out and we'll share all the info we've found so far. Find us at:

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/wriinkle/

https://twitter.com/wriinkle?lang=en

Thanks for listening, keep getting in touch, we're loving all your messages. Your encouragement and feedback is so appreciated, thank you:)

Have a good day!

Anton

This Short is based on what's going on in our lives at the moment.

We're interested in your feedback on the subject of whether people should quit their day jobs to go at making their start-up happen or to focus all their energy on a creative or an entrepreneurial pursuit, or whatever it is.

Youtube is full of conent about this subject and parts of it encourages us to go for it.

In the last wriinkle podcast we spoke to Enass; she said she quit her full time job to kick start her career in interior design - she then spent 2 months where she read, researched and studied the interior design landscape, inspired herself and worked on it all to the point where she took on her first big job.

After a while and after completing a few more paid projects she came to a decision - to take on full time work again and pursue her own business, Decor By Enass, along side that. 

The caveat for her was that the full time job needed to be conducive to her own business. It needed to be aligned or even helpful in some way.

And that’s Enass’s approach, it works for her.

So maybe theres no right or wrong here, we just have to find what works best for us.

Get in touch - we'd love to start another debate and hear what people think about this - have you gone for it? Quit a career to go after something else?

Or have you found another route, like Enass did? What works for you? What challenges are you facing? Do you think I ask too many questions?

Get on us:

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/wriinkle/

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Anton

Thanks so much for listening to episode 19!

So excited to publish this episode with Enass beacuase it was one that just resonated with us so much. Enass describes how a year and a half ago she handed in her notice to her full time job so that she could take some time to develop her own interior design career and business.

Before that point she’d spent 8 years doing internships and different jobs, all in and around design and creative, so that she could properly explore the field and eventually pinpoint exactly what she could focus on – that’s how she discovered her passion for interior design and founded her business Decor By Enass. https://www.decorbyenass.com

Enass has since found a nice balance between building her business and holding down a full time job so that she can support herself and Decor By Enass during this early phase. The key for her is that the job is related to interior design and conducive to her passions and business.

There are so many "entrepreneurs" and "coaches" out there who are preaching that people should quit their jobs to pursue their dreams and if they don't they're somehow not serious about their craft. It was refreshing for us to speak to Enass and hear her thoughts and experiences and how she doesn’t necessarily think that it's a good idea to throw all your eggs in one basket, potentially live on the breadline and dedicate all of your time to building your career/business. She's found the balance...and it works for her!

Find out more about Enass and Décor By Enass on Instagram:

Also watch the full episode on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmWMCFPSkNyHFcko0G6g4QQ

Enjoy and let us know what you think, we love engaging with people of the back of these episodes :)

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Anton

We’re wrinkle, a community of like-minded people who work together, build on ideas and make stuff happen, all to lead a more fulfilled lifestyle. 

Thanks for joining us for episode 18 of the podcast.

This week we’re speaking to Alex Manzi of Dreamers Disease. He’s a podcaster, public speaker and Social Media Producer for BBC Radio 1 Xtra. Just when we were starting out we come across Alex and Dreamers Disease, and have since linked up on a few occasions and have shared plenty of ideas.

Alex is a great example of someone who’s just gone out there and done it. We went through loads in this episode including:

• Leaving school not knowing what he wanted to do

If you don’t already, check out Alex on Instagram and Twitter (@iamalexmanzi/@the_dreamersdisease) and give his podcast a listen if you aren’t already tuning in – it’s boss!!

As always we love your feedback – we’ve had some great comments and messages recently and we love discussing the subjects we cover in the podcasts. Keep the messages coming on on Instagram and Twitter – and if you don’t follow us yet, just search wriinkle.

Also reach out to us at [email protected] to find out more about our project.

Thanks for listening – you can also watch on Youtube, if you’re not already.

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Anton