Holly Riordan

You cannot push your mental health aside to deal with at a later date. You cannot assume your pain will act as a muse for your next assignment. When you are suffering,…

No matter how much you care about your career, your mental health should be your first priority. You cannot work nonstop because you will make yourself sick. You will burn yourself out.…

When you work in a creative field, you cannot judge your success based on your bank account. The amount of money you make does not correlate to how skilled you are as…

When you are a freelancer, you work for yourself. That means you get to set your own hours and choose your own clients. However, it also means you have no one else…

As an artist, you feel like your work day is never done. You are convinced you are never going to make it in your field unless you work nonstop. You are never…

When you are unable to find inspiration for your creations, your work suffers. You cannot get anything accomplished. You whine instead of work. You consider giving up on your art altogether. If…

If you want to make a living doing what you love, you have to be willing to do it constantly. You have to be prolific about your creativity. You cannot wait for…

Tortured artists are not the best artists. Despite what you have been led to believe, your suffering is not what triggers your creativity. You are not going to run out of ideas…

The loneliest people consider themselves outsiders. They are not concerned with fitting into groups. They do not base their opinions on what is trending. They have their own minds. They have their…