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[bob-artist]

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[camestela]

Hello, I hope this isn't too random/ rude, but I have a question. What's it like to be an illustrator without studying illustration in university? Do you think it's an obstacle or does it not matter at all? Do you wish you had studied it in school? I've been thinking about my future a lot and it's so difficult to find information about this field. Anyway I love your illustration work! I'd be happy to get any answer you wanna give me

It is not random or rude no worries, I'm happy to reply. (tho expect typos because english is not my first language and it's the end of the work day and i'm too tired to re read what i write)

Just a little context, the things I will say here are about my own experience as a woman that was born and raised in Chile, south america and born into a low income family.

So short answer is: it doesn't matter at all. You can have whatever profession and become and illustrator.

Longer answer: You must be strategic and be really passionate because there are a lot of things to be learned and sacrifices to be made to make things happen.

Hell, I haven't even "made it" myself yet, I am just at a more advanced point but I'm not like super economically comfortable or even known in the illustration community.

Anyways, I decided to study strategic design because i knew my context and i knew i needed a degree to be "someone" and advance in my life, however i'm also very stubborn and i'm the type of person who will follow her dreams and do whatever she wants! so it should be something that would give me tools for both my dreams and life itself (jobs and such)

If you're from a first world country you probably have the option to go to schools of animation or illustration that are pretty good and can get you faster on the industries you're interested. That was my dream to be honest i wanted to study animation, but here there aren't many (or any) really good schools that teach contemporary or entertaiment arts, it's all very old and around the "bellas artes" kind of thing. That wasn't my thing so if I'm going to get into debt to study I thought, hey at least design will give me tools that can help me read my goals and also get to know interesting people. so that's what i chose.

BUT in design you don't draw at all, I knew it, and I knew what my end goal was: being an illustrator. So from day one in university I was always trying to draw and put in illustrations into my projects. most of my teachers hated that i did that but i did it anyways. others were super cool about it and supported me, you just have to know why you do things and not care that much lol

I said something the other day on twitter (i'll add that at the end of this) that applies to this because in the end i knew i needed certain things to be "successful" or even getting into the scene:

I needed to be REALLY good at drawing, like having your style, something to say, having a wide range of habilities that would make people ccome to me when they wanted to say their stories

I needed to be very disciplined because i must find spaces when i'm not studying or working and drawing (for this, always drawing things you like is key lol)

i needed to be proactive and create my own projects and go to conventions and get past my anxiety and not having a mentor or guide.

network, this is the hardest for me but i realized networking didnt need to be a souless thing, in my case it just meant i tried my best to get to know my peers and other artists and be friendly even if we werent FRIENDS, if we're friendly and cool enough we will recommend each other for jobs.

YEAH so to do naother short answer: Yeah i wished i had had the opportunity to go to a cool school like calarts or gobelins etcetc but that wasnt my reality so no i do not regret my choice because it was the best in the context i was in, i wouldnt worry too much about it either because in the end even you've a degree but suckass at drawing or you're just not someone who knows what they need you to know you won't get hired.

and yes it is difficult, but i don't think anyone expects illustration and arts to be an easy career, i've had my breakdowns (manyyyy) and it's ok to do other things and expand your possibilities but it's also what i'm passionate and it has made me live things i wouldnt otherwise so no ragrets.

just be proactive, draw a lot, draw more, learn things that are useful for the specific field you're interested in (i'd say that choosing something to be your main focus helps, like children books story boarding etc, so you can create a good portfolio) and get in touch with people who work in these things you're interested, make friends, learn from them...

yeah! and good luck, it's all about that shonen protagonist mentality, never give up!!!

i hope this helps i know i'm a mess when writing these replies lol

[detectiveconnor]

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roleplaying habits questions! 

1. what’s a grammar rule you find yourself breaking or ignoring a lot?

lol. dashes. I dunno, I never really used dashes and then I started writing the Doctor, and you know how he is. He’s dashing. He dashes. He starts saying things and-- actually you know, he changes his mind halfway through the sentence and goes off on a tangent about jellybeans, you know how much he dislikes jellybeans? Like jelly babies, only fake. The point being, I have increasingly lost my standards for where and when I’ll use an em/endash. It doesn’t match any style guide, I have to go through things I write as a freelancer and pick out my random dashes which are usually meant to be parantheses or semicolons. I overuse semicolons. 

3. how often do you reach for a synonym dictionary when writing? how about mentally?

very rarely, but more often as of late, because Connor is very exact so if he is reaching for a word that’s on the tip of my tongue he won’t settle for a synonym. he wants the exact one. Still, I usually have the word in my brain. The most recent word I looked up was the word for a horde of slugs. 

7. are you a morning, day, evening, or night writer?

not particularly. any. all. I am usually not an afternoon writer. Or! A just-after-eating writer (and I only really eat dinner these days, anyway). Those are the times I’m usually not writing. Otherwise it’s a free for all. 

8. how does tiredness affect your writing?

remember how sometimes we sit and plot hannah and I go “ok let me think with my brain. here we go. thoughts are going to happen” that’s the sort of thing that happens when I’m tired and I’m writing. ALSO, I just don’t catch typos, man. I will sometimes have words that sound the same out loud but are spelt completely differently, but my fingers just ‘hear’ the signal to write ‘the word that sounds like xyz’ and they translate that into the first spelling for that word they think of. i don’t know how to illustrate this, but i can think “type the word ‘wait’” and they will type the word ‘weight’ and I just won’t notice. usually i notice when im awake. and no that is not to imply that i ‘hear’ anything when i think, because i don’t really, just when i’m verbalising words into typable sentences i have the concept of the word in my head and it comes out on paper one way or another. 

19. how many drafts is a paralysing amount?

at one point i had over 100 drafts on the doc and was still writing but just not keeping up with all of them. honestly i really strongly vibrantly believe in just dropping threads when you’re not feeling them and not having to tell anyone about it, i am a big girl i don’t need you to check with me first before you decide not to waste your valuable energy doing something you don’t want to do. i think the concept of this question implies to some extent that i should feel like i *have* to do everything i have saved, and i just dont feel like i owe anyone anything on tumblr, and i don’t believe in making other people feel like they owe me anything either. communication is good & if others communicate that it’s important to them that i let them know when we’ve already got an established thread i will try to do that, but really? if i am overwhelmed by having drafts i will get rid of them. it is healthy to ‘reset’ once in a while. there are no rules, this is for fun 

[lifeofatvaddict]

One month in.

Today marks one month without TV consuming my life.

Let me explain how it all began.

I love television. Like really love it. Most memories of my childhood involve some version of watching a favorite TV show or movie with my dad. In fact, as I grew up, my punishments typically involved not being able to watch TV (and as a goodie-two-shoes type child, I often snuck upstairs to watch it in secret anyway). I just have always loved it. There's nothing like a great story. Like the relaxation that comes from sitting down after a busy day to watch something familiar, serious, or funny. the hours fly by and it's sometimes nice not to think about anything but what is in front of you... especially not the laundry you haven't done, food you haven't cooked, or work that you brought home that you haven't looked at.

One month ago, a typical Thursday night was the following:

Get home around 7:30pm, exhausted (I'm a teacher who works incredibly long hours btw).

Plan to make some food, but want to take a moment first, so I sit down and turn on the TV. I may or may not still have my coat on.

If I'm trying to be productive (which 9 times out of 10 I am) I put on something familiar. The Matrix, for example (don't judge me I love Sci Fi).

After about 45 min. of this, I find that I just don't have it in my to cook anything. Is there something easy I can eat? If I'm lucky I have a bowl of ramen. If I'm unlucky it's time to order some food.

By the time to food arrives it's about 9pm and the movie is ending.

It's too late to get any of that other stuff done. I might has well watch one more movie before hitting the sack.

My husband comes home and together we decide to start a show. Two episodes in and it's 11:45pm. We decide to do one more. I fall asleep on the couch. Best case: I have my work clothes on. Worst case: I'm still wearing my coat.

This has pretty much been how my life has been since... well... graduating from college.

I've known this is a problem for a while and over the last couple of years, have been taking some steps to reel my behavior in. I fasted from TV for a week once. I loved it! I was so productive. But once that week ended, I was SO excited to reintroduce TV to my life. About a year later I did it again. Again, loved the results. I got things done, but I missed having TV by my side to fill my time, especially if I just didn't want to get things done. It's okay to veg out sometimes, right?!?

About a month and a half ago I had to take a hard look at my habits. My husband went out of town. Now he and I are opposites. He likes to go out and hang with friends. He hates being cooped up in the house for too long. He wants to have adventures. Me, on the other hand... there are few things I love more than hanging out at home, watching my favorite show, and ordering out.  Anyway, his absence, is the PERFECT opportunity for me to indulge myself. First off, I get to watch what I want, as long as I want. I get to eat what I want, as much as I want. I get to isolate myself without guilt for as long as I want.

Before the weekend started, I did have a few plans. I planned to go to church, I had some friends who I hadn't seen in months planning a dinner together, and I had a few household chores to get done. As the weekend drew to a close I found I had done none of what was planned, was still wearing my pajamas from Friday, and was surrounded by empty food cartons, dirty dishes and a bottle of wine, and had minimally clocked in at least 18 hours of television consumption. It just wasn't okay.

I began to realize that maybe TV wasn't go good for me. As I began to think through taking a break from TV I became increasingly aware of the thoughts I'd have when I wasn't watching it. For example, I would say, "Okay, I'm not going to watch TV today. I'm going to clean my apartment." I'd get started, but then say, "Well, maybe I should reward myself for putting in a load of laundry." When I would, I would discover that by the end of the day, my to-do list wasn't nearly as accomplished as I thought it could be.

I'd try it all again. This time, instead of a reward, I would say, "You will only watch TV when folding the laundry, since that's something you have to be seated to do anyway." Again, after a day of work, the laundry still was far from complete.

I started looking up addiction. I kept thinking? Is it healthy to bargain with yourself for something like TV? Is it healthy to struggle watching just one episode, even when you told yourself that was all you wanted to have? Is it healthy to neglect things you really care about in order to watch TV?

While there really wasn't anything about TV specifically online, I came to the conclusion, that the healthiest way I could interact with TV would be to not interact with TV. So I decided that unlike a fast (which has an end date), I wouldn't watch TV anymore. Well not on my own. If my husband wanted to watch TV together, I would watch it, BUT I wouldn't dictate what we watch. And I especially wouldn't watch when I'm alone.

I have to say, this month has given me a lot of information about myself and about my television addiction.

I have more energy. Even when I come home feeling exhausted.

I am more productive. Especially when I am exhausted.

I have found hobbies... because guess what, I need shit to occupy my time.

I eat better. I cook more.

I read more.

And I get ready for bed and go to bed earlier.

Here's a quick anecdote from today.

So today was hard. My students were driving me crazy. I ran detention. I had to get a bunch of documents ready to be handed out today and didn't have much of a break. I couldn't wait to leave the building. Luckily, I was leaving early because tomorrow is parent teacher conferences and I don't have to be in until a little later (so I'll get to sleep in). As I drove home my first thought was, "Man, I would love to treat myself to some TV right now. I don't have to be at work right away in the morning. I can pour myself a glass of wine, relax, and eat some of the leftovers I made the other day." Literally, nothing sounded more perfect. BUT I knew I'm trying not to watch TV.

So instead, I came in, turned on the radio, poured myself the glass of wine, took off my work clothes, and decided to use up some of the bananas I'd bought a couple weeks ago in some banana bread. Then i did the dishes and hung up some miscellaneous clothes. I also decided to start this blog, write a bio for a meeting I plan to participate in next week, and begin a recommendation for a student that is due tomorrow.

There's still quite a bit of the evening left, but I just want to illustrate this point: Had I chosen to watch TV, NONE of these things would be done. And guess what, I feel relaxed right now with the smell of banana bread wafting through my apartment.

TV is not my friend.

I'm starting this blog to document my journey. Every single day I think about TV. Truthfully, when I husband gets home, I hope he turns on something I'd like to watch and invites me to watch TV with him (sadly we have very different tastes and he likes to watch sports on his phone). As I navigate this new lifestyle I want to share the challenges I face and the celebrate the small victories I win. I also want to encourage anyone else who may want to push TV out of their lives to know that even though it's hard, it feels really good to make a different choice.

And with that, I'll bring this incredibly long post to an end. Forgive any typos you see. I REALLY don't feel like copy-editing this right now.

It's 7pm and I think I'm going to go make some enchiladas and listen to some more NPR.

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[warriorgays]

I'm going to ask the most broad and annoying question so forgive me, but what happened to everyone after Through the Gay Days ended? I have never been more invested in a group of characters in my life and I desperately want them all to be happy, whatever form that takes, in the end. Also! what other sources did you draw from besides Coming Out Under Fire? I was so impressed with how well researched everything was. 💖

OH MAN I didn’t expect to actually get a question, lol!! And that’s one I’m happy to answer, because I did think a lot about it. idk if I’m ever going to actually write a follow up, because my WIP list is soooo long and, tbh, the 50s are SO DEPRESSING in terms of LGBT stuff.

IT TOOK ME AN HOUR TO WRITE THIS UP. I APOLOGIZE. UNDER A CUT BECAUSE HOLY FUCK. I apologize for any typos but I’m just publishing instead of proofreading because what the fuck.

In terms of sources... I really think Coming Out Under Fire was the main “intentional” one. I have a BA in history and I’m getting my MA right now, so I’ve READ a lot of history and probably unconsciously drew on a lot. the other one I can definitely think of is Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers, by Lillian Faderman, which covers lesbian U.S. history from the early 1900s to the 1980s. she draws on COUF for her 40s chapter (which is kind of a bummer because I was hoping for more WWII lesbian-specific content lol), but she’s good at covering some of the broad-strokes history of sexuality and LGBTQ identity. Becoming Visible by Molly McGarry is a really cool illustrated history, too, I’ve read that a few times over the years.

SO, for post-war lives, I’m going to warn you real quick it does get depressing for everybody for a little bit because uhhh the 50s fucking sucked? Faderman talks about this a lot, and actually Stephanie Coontz is a good source too--she has this book titled The Way We Never Were, which basically debunks the idea of “the ~traditional~ family” and looks at the ways our perceptions of society’s values have changed. and one thing she points out is that the 1950s are really the first time when society looks at single men--all single men--and thinks “there must be something WRONG with them.” before that, people were willing to accept that some dudes just didn’t want to get married, for plenty of reasons that had nothing to do with homosexuality, but in the 50s everyone was so gungho about The Family that anyone not into it was looked at with suspicion. add that to the whole “homosexuals are susceptible to Communist blackmail, better fire them all” and things fucking sucked.

I PROMISE HAPPY ENDINGS, THOUGH, because the whole “LGBTQ people lived depressing lives until these Enlightened Times” trope is my least favorite trope ever.

SO, for Gene Roe, my first thought for his post-war life was this Gaslight Anthem lyric that @antiquecompass prompted me for a Snafu/Roe fic foreverrrrrr again: “I’m in love with the way you’re in love with the night.” so I imagine that Snafu comes home, and they try to just settle into things as usual, but Snafu starts really pushing Gene’s buttons. being more snide, being disrespectfully obvious about being nonmonogamous (like it’s one thing to go cruising and another to bring dudes home to the apartment you’re sharing with your boyfriend, COME ON MAN), trying to pick fights. and of course the impetus for all this is Snafu struggling with PTSD and thinking that Gene is too good for him but not being able to end it himself. of course Gene doesn’t put up with this bs, so one day Snafu finally admits he’s doing this because he’s afraid the war turned him into kind of a fucked up asshole, and Gene’s like “you were always a fucked up asshole? what’s your point? I love you?”

so then things kinda simmer down. Gene’s not Officially a doctor anymore, but he and Snafu live in an apartment building in the poorer part of the city with a lot of ~ethnic~ folk nearby some black neighborhoods, so he does some informal community doctoring around those buildings, and that earns him enough goodwill that he and Snafu don’t really have to worry about getting caught out. it’s the kind of neighborhood where a lot of people have to... bend the law a bit to get by, to be happy, whatever, so people trade food and skills as needed and there’s always an alert if the cops are coming by. it’s a good place for them. they’re happy. I’ve only really thought ahead like ~ten years, but I can imagine them eventually moving on when the community moves on, you know, whether to another city or somewhere a little more rural, depending, and that being okay. and I think, with Gene’s influence, and seeing how strong the ties are between the Pansies with Parachutes(TM), Snafu is able to reach out to Sledge and Burgie and the rest more than irl/show canon.

Babe and Spina are the other two that totally make it, soulmates, heartbreakingly cute. but I promised a little heartbreaking, so basically my idea is that they actually move in together a little while after the war, but at some point Babe’s mom realizes what’s up and... does not take it well. gives him an ultimatum, break up with Ralph or she won’t let him near the family, which Babe finds agonizing because he’s really close with his family but Ralph doesn’t have very many relatives, at least not close by (in this verse at least), and even if he could bring himself to break up with Ralph, at this point he doesn’t think his mom will ever treat him the same anyway.

in my head there’s a really sweet scene when Ralph finds out what happens and a lot of hugging and comforting. but yeah. that briefly sucks. what DOESN’T suck is when Babe decides, after a few months, that he has to tell Bill (because Bill has gotten so close to the Heffrons that of course he notices when Babe suddenly isn’t speaking to them), and Bill proves himself to be a total Bro who decides that, well, the typical idea of a homosexual CLEARLY doesn’t fit Babe and Spina so... it’s all good? like c’mon they went through a war together, that’s worth something, right?

I think eventually Babe and Spina move, too. not super far, just maybe to, idk, New York, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, somewhere they can visit everyone but maybe far enough to put some distance between them and bad memories, and also because South Philly is small when your family isn’t speaking to you, you know? possibly they end up in the same city as Luz and Tipper (see next), I’m not 100% sure but I’m vaguely attracted to the idea of everybody ending up on a commune, lol.

so I think I’m probably meanest to Luz, because I imagine him getting arrested at some point. sorry, boo. his reaction is to pay the fine and slink out, and get out of dodge for a while to avoid his family getting any blowback, and he ends up visiting Tipper, who’s really frustrated (which I alluded to a bit at the end of Through the Gay Days) because he just doesn’t click with his old friends as much and he hasn’t had a lot of luck romantically. and again I have this clear scene in my head of Tipper helping Luz dress in drag for the first time, lots of giggling and teasing, but Tipper doesn’t really do drag anymore because he can’t keep his balance in heels, and they end up talking about their frustrations and venting and whatnot. and eventually Luz is like “you know what? fuck it! run away with me!”

and Tipper’s like “fuck it, let’s do it!” so they just kind of live a semi-nomadic life? idk, maybe not really nomadic, but they get jobs that let them move/travel, so they don’t have the pressure of expectations. I’m on the fence about whether they do this as lovers... I would say not, like, REALLY. like possibly a friends with benefits thing (and I’ll point out that Luz is one of the only other named characters who interacts with Tipper, other than Liebgott, because Tipper’s in charge of the map during the Major Horton scene, so that chemistry could totally work). because they’re, like, the two from the fic whose relationships don’t end up going anywhere, and I don’t want them to pine after the Joes forever, and they don’t, but sometimes people just don’t find their soulmates, it happens, and they can at least make each other happy.

this is one of those verses where I’ve decided Liebgott gets to keep his wife-and-kids dream. I do think he’s gay in this verse, and when he gets engaged he writes a letter to Tipper basically seeking closure, admitting he dealt with things in kind of a shitty way and admitting it might be nice to have a Gay Posse, but he also takes his marriage seriously even if it’s not a love match, and doesn’t seek romantic or sexual encounters with men. idk if Joe Toye actually gets married in this verse, but I don’t see him as gay. if we were to retroactively apply the Kinsey scale, I’d say he’d be a 1 or a 2, in which the situational aspect of war kind of pushed him towards interactions that he may have subconsciously desired, but definitely wouldn’t acknowledge in a normal time and place.

as for Chuck! I kind of like the future I give Chuck, partly because he conveniently is from the LA area. so for him, I imagine that at some point Ron Speirs just kind of shows up on his doorstep one day and they become, like, an actual Thing. and it’s good for a couple of years, but Ron seems... restless. and eventually Chuck sits him down and flat-out says “look, I really don’t think you’re cut out for this settled-down long-term-relationship kind of thing. we had a good run, we can part on good terms, but you can travel and have adventures and do all the stuff you want to do.” and then, correctly, points out that one of the reasons Speirs is so reluctant to do that is because he feels guilty for Chuck getting shot, which doesn’t really make any sense. Chuck’s only request is that Ron NOT GO BACK INTO THE ARMY, because fuck Korea, have you heard how many gay soldiers are getting kicked out of the military nowadays? Speirs agrees and they break up amicably.

(is Chuck still in love with him? yes. does it hurt like a motherfucker? yes.)

ANYWAY. the L.A. is where the Mattachine Society, the first official homosexual organization in the country, was founded in 1948... or maybe 49. I forget. the founder started asking around a while before he found people who were actually willing to join up. I figure Chuck eventually joins up and is the first of the Pansies with Parachutes(TM) to really develop a political gay identity. and through that org he eventually meets Beth, a lesbian who’s just broken up with her gf and is kind of panicking because now she might have to leave her apartment and go back to her parents in Nebraska, and they become fast friends and fuck it, why not get married? it’s good cover, and I could have also gotten a chance to talk about the working class lesbian bar scene in the 1950s, which is a cool topic.

if this were a formal fic, I would end it with 1952, when the entire group reunites in honor of the 10-year anniversary of them meeting at Toccoa. since it’s not, suffice to say they do have all-group reunions, and they also visit each other and call and write letters and stay friends 5ever. at some point Babe and Spina have a not-wedding (there’s a picture of a wedding in the 50s with two grooms in flower crowns in Becoming Visible, I love that picture) and they all come and celebrate. OH and at some point between Luz getting arrested and meeting with Tipper, he definitely visits Gene in Louisiana and they make out a bit. because, tbh, I caught a bit of UST in Through the Gay Days--I don’t know if it’s a ship I’d ship in any other verse, lol, but in this verse I feel like they need to make out.

anyway. eventually the 50s end. I want to say that by the time Stonewall happens, either Tipper&Luz or Babe/Spina (both??) are living in NYC and for three days everyone is frantically calling each other going “DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS???” and Chuck becomes totally into the California gay scene, and Babe’s nieces and nephews eventually reach out to him, Tipper and Luz either... idk, become real boyfriends or get hot younger boyfriends and become Wise Gay Dads to the younger crowd. Snafu and Gene grow old together, as hard as it is to imagine old Snafu.

EVERYBODY IS HAPPY AND FRIENDS AND GAY, THE END.

[creativemorningslisbon]

One year of volunteering for CreativeMornings

The beginning

People often ask me how this happened, how did I become CreativeMornings Lisbon host.

It was by chance. Pure chance, as so many other good things happen in life.

My first contact with CreativeMornings Lisbon was as an attendee. I learn about it at Meetup and immediately fell in love.

  One day I saw a Facebook post asking for a volunteer for the next day event and since I was already going anyway, I offered myself. I thought it would be really cool to be a part of it. The rest is history. A few months later, the previous host, Victoria Ivanova, told me she was stepping down from her role and I decided to apply for the role. It was not the easiest process, but I got it.

The struggles

On the first months, I was terrified. I wasn’t sure if I would get the speakers, the sponsors and, on top of it, the previous team of volunteers all drop out with the change of host. Except for Lucia. You might know her for being the first face you see when getting to the event. She does the check-in and helps organizing all the stuff to be ready when you start coming (Thank you, Lucia!).

Then, we couldn’t find a breakfast sponsor. So, we bought ourselves breakfast with the help of Impossible, another one that stick with us during this transitional period. I was also lucky enough to have Daily Coffee on board and they have been providing the coffee since. Thank you both!

My first speaker was a close friend who I knew could speak English and had always interesting stories. Only 16 people came. The second speaker was my boyfriend’s boss. 17 people came. And it was actually a shame, as it was one of the best talks we ever had.

The errors

When people ask me how I do it, there’s only one answer: with errors. At the beginning my sole objective was to make it happen. Venue. Check. Speaker. Check. Communications. Check. And then I would hope for at least one person to show up. I have been a little bit luckier than that.

During the past year I did so many mistakes. From incorrect links on the newsletter or typos on social media to not setting up people’s expectations correctly, whether sponsors or volunteers. It’s not easy to sell something that is not for sale. This is a free small event, we all are volunteers or supporters. The main result is being able to provide a good and inspiring time to a small group of people. It can be very rewarding (and it is) but any other lateral results are not immediate, and this might be frustrating for those investing their time and products. Communication is the key, but it took me a while to learn that.

The lessons

It’s hard to quantify how much I learned the past 12 months.

I learned that if I keep my expectations aligned with the right goal (providing a good time for a small group of people) the more I work, the more it grows. It’s proportional. More work means more audience, more audience means more sponsorships, more sponsorships means a better event. This means I also had to learn to limit myself. Limit the time I want to work on this. If I allow, CreativeMornings can take up all my time. Unfortunately, I do have other things to do.

I learned that word of mouth is still the best marketing campaign. The more I tell my friends about this, the easier it gets to find what I need. The more people enjoy the event, the more they will tell their friends, the bigger my audience gets.

I learned that breaks are essential. We decided to have a break in July to re-think all our strategy and in August we came back stronger than ever and we saw an immediate boost on the event. We reached a record on our numbers and kept surpassing ourselves every month since then.

I learned that I need to be able to delegate even if I feel that there are things that I still need to do myself. It’s a hard balance. I learned that our moto is true, everyone is creative. Everyone I talked with, from volunteers to members of the audience, have taught me something. I learned that more than network, more than feeling inspiring, people long for connection and that must be my goal and focus for being successful. From the talks, almost all of them, I learned two very important things:

1st,a lot of things happen by chance. Or so people say. Truth is, almost every speaker talks about how things just happened. But interestingly, all those things happened after they decided what they needed to change. So, do things really happen by chance or is it us who get more sensate to chances once we are aiming for them?

2nd, the most interesting talks had one single thing in common. Passion. It doesn’t matter the topic or how interesting it would be for each individual, the best feedback we get is when we hear people really passionate about what they are talking about.

The future

I believe the big lesson is understanding what people want and what people need. Now that we were able to grow enough to have tickets sold out in two days and to reach a record of 70 people on one single event, we need to focus on maintaining the vibe for people to connect and leave with a smile, inspired and motivated. More than growing we need to keep exploring ideas such as the morning match board that allows people to verbalize what they need or what they are offering on a post-it, we need to keep the good coffee that keeps us all awake at such an early time and we need to keep bringing in people with inspiring stories and ideas to share.

If you have any ideas, feel free to share. We are building a community here.

Speaking of community I could not finish by thanking everyone that somehow contributed to the events, but I have a special thanks to those who made a big and continuous effort through the year such as Henrique, who helps setting everything up on the day of the event, it’s our Instagram stories guy and does a lot of back office work with sponsors and venues. Nicole. Nicole has been a photographer, a speaker, a designer, a cook, a co-host, and so many other things. She basically has put her work in anything required or that could improve the events. Sofia. Sofia is our community manager, she is great getting people together and has been a huge help with sponsors since she is on board. Tarlis, more than a photographer has been a photo reporter, helping us telling a story through his photos. Jakub is the one who makes our wonderful illustrations to help you remembering to bring your own mug, release your ticket, subscribe our newsletter and so many others. Theo. Theo did the most amazing videos we ever had. He is very talent with transition and capturing the vibe we all feel. I have already talked about Lucia. Lucia is an ideas generator and has that capability of always having a smile really early in then morning. She is the longest volunteer for CreativeMornings Lisbon.

Happy festive season for everyone.

This article features photos by Nimagens, by Acurácia Fotojornalismo and by Pedro Vilela .