darren r hill

the creative minimalist

  • Here is my current bullet journal, junk journal and planner set-up for October 2020. A little explanation of how I am using a wall calendar, a monthly weekly Bullet journal, a daily capture bullet journal and the latest additions to my junk journal. I also mention how I am using OmniFocus as my project to-do

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  • An update on my Bullet Journal and Planner as we come to the end of September. It’s the second week of my new set-up and things are going okay. There are still some issues that I am working through, but I hope to sort them out as I get into October. This journal set-up is

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  • A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore. This was it, the breakthrough, the eureka moment. Nothing would be the same. Writing Prompt Expanded This week’s Friday Fiction Writing Prompt is about capturing the joy and celebration of discovery. The discovery can be anything, although

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  • The festival of Mabon in the revised neopagan year is all about harvest. It is the second or final harvest of the year, so time to eat, drink and be merry… once the fields are cleared. Mabon also falls around the autumnal equinox, in the northern hemisphere. The day when daylight and nighttime are equal,

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  • The first review of my new journal set-up using different journals for weekly and daily planning. A quick look at an issue relating to my junk journal. And a quick trip to the beach to talk about creative and inspiring sounds. If you like the videos, please subscribe to my YouTube channel.

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  • Imbolc and creativity

    Imbolc and creativity

    Imbolc and creativity text, an image of me and dark clouds

    Into February and despite the weather not quite being springlike I have been inspired by the festival of Imbolc for a creative nudge. FAWM and festivals combine in this week’s vlog, and also a little poetry.

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  • How to Create it all!

    How to Create it all!

    How to create it all text with an image of me

    I want to create it all! I have far too much clamouring for my attention, from social media to hundreds of unfinished creative projects. How can I create what I want and need to create? This week’s vlog explores how I am attempting to create all the create!

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  • 3 Steps to Creative Heaven?

    3 Steps to Creative Heaven?

    3 steps to creative heaven? text with an image of me walking

    3 steps that are helping me reach my creative goals. This vlog looks at what works in my planning, to-dos and habit tracking. After just a few weeks of the year, I am already noticing what does and doesn’t work.

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  • Creativity, Just do it! – vlog

    Creativity, Just do it! – vlog

    Creativity. Just do it! text with image of Darren

    Two simple steps are helping me get back on the creative journey. In this week’s vlog, despite tech issues and other annoying things, I am managing to be creative.

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  • rhythm as a metaphor: vlog

    rhythm as a metaphor: vlog

    rhythm as a metaphor, goals for 2024 a vlog - text overage of harbour

    A simple introduction to how I will be achieving my creative goals in 2024. Part vlog and part poetic metaphor. Watch here or on YouTube.

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  • My word for 2024

    Image of the word Intent, with the meaning of the word blurred in the background

    Each year I choose a word. A word to guide me, a word to inspire me, a word I can see above my desk when I doubt, or fear, or worry, or… celebrate. This year, 2024, my word is INTENT.

    “Too many wasted nights
    obsessed with the flickering things in my life”
    Ancient Water by Future Islands

    I get distracted too easily
    by the flickering,
    the incorporeal,
    the incorruptible,
    the sublime and the ridiculous

    But 2024 will be focused
    2024 will be met with INTENT

    Every flickering moment of my existence will be intentional.

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