Episode 7: Balancing Creative Interests with Susannah Brinkley

Susannah Brinkley is the creative behind food and travel blog Feast + West and the branding and graphic design site Garnishing Co. Join us as we chat about the challenges of balancing many interests and projects, staying productive and organized, finding your creative focus, and why the cycle of creative burnout may not be as bad as you thought.

Where you can find Susannah

Websites: feastandwest.com and garnishing.co

Instagram: instagram.com/slbrinkley, instagram.com/feastandwest, and instagram.com/garnishingco

Twitter: twitter.com/feastandwest and twitter.com/garnishingco

Facebook: facebook.com/feastandwest and facebook.com/garnishingco

Where you can find Ashley

Website: www.BrooksEditorial.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookseditorial

Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial

Where you can find Abbigail

Website: www.InkwellsandImages.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/

Mini Book Club

Blog, Inc. by Joy Cho

The AP Style Guide

The Recipe Writer's Handbook

Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling

Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling

#GirlBoss by Sophia Amoruso

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert

Quotes from the Episode

On blogging: “If I’m going to do this, I’m going to be all in.” -- Susannah

“My blog is my living portfolio.” --- Susannah

“You have to have a box in order to think outside the box.” --- Susannah

“I’d rather be crossing a lot of boundaries than feeling like I’m stuck inside one thing.” --- Susannah

“I just needed to focus on all the things I was doing for myself.” --- Susannah

“Some of my best ideas come from a place of burnout.” --- Susannah

“Burnout is inevitable. How can you make the most of it?” --- Susannah

“I build a [creative] system, then I can break the system.” --- Susannah