Routines & Ruts

Season 2: What replenishes you?

September 14, 2020 09:33 - 7 minutes - 6.87 MB

Thank you for listening to Routines & Ruts, a labour of love fuelled by time and curiosity. If you'd like to support the podcast, please share with a friend, or buy the companion book, I Didn't Do The Thing Today. To stay in the loop, sign up to the Madeleine Dore—On Things newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wrap episode: Perfectionism, discomfort and showing up

June 14, 2020 08:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB

Throughout this season I’ve reflected with my guests on various topics relating to our creatives lives, including process, productivity-shame, mistakes, money, vulnerability, self-compassion, uncertainty, self-sabotage, self-growth, joy, setbacks, privilege, letting go, solitude, resilience, busyness, heartbreak, patience, mental health, limitations, and learning. To wrap this first season, I wanted to share some lessons on the thing that almost prevented it from ever getting started – perf...

Ingrid Fetell Lee on how to find joy right where you are

May 24, 2020 08:12 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

We often hear that emotions such as joy are cultivated within, but for designer Ingrid Fetell Lee, there is a strong possibility that it can be found in our surroundings. In this conversation, we talk about the aspects of joy that are challenged now but why it’s more valuable than ever, finding ways to zoom out, the relationship between joy and resilience, planning what’s important but giving yourself permission to be flexible, why sometimes we just aren’t ready yet, surprise, and allowin...

Matthew Evans on creative lessons from farming and cooking

May 17, 2020 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MB

Matthew Evans is a former chef and food critic, turned Tasmanian smallholder, restaurateur, food activist and star of the SBS television series Gourmet Farmer alongside his family. We talk about what happens when productive work loses its meaning, daily life on the farm and how there is always more to do, accepting your limitations, how being behind is inevitable and mostly a good sign, the beauty of boredom, and how sometimes you have to launch in to avoid getting stuck in a research phase...

Creativity in a pandemic: There is no one way

May 10, 2020 09:06 - 1 hour - 82 MB

There is no one way to navigate a pandemic. This routine-collage and slice of creative life during COVID-19 showcases these differences as well as unifying reflections. Bringing together over 60 difference perspectives – from dozens of listeners and more than thirty artists and creatives I’ve previously interviewed – you can hear how other people are coping, their routines and their ruts, and maybe feel less alone in your own. * * * Thank you for listening to Routines & Ruts, a labour o...

Special episode: There is no one way

May 10, 2020 09:06 - 1 hour - 82 MB

There is no one way to navigate a pandemic. This routine-collage and slice of creative life during COVID-19 showcases these differences as well as unifying reflections. Bringing together over 60 difference perspectives – from dozens of listeners and more than thirty artists and creatives I’ve previously interviewed – you can hear how other people are coping, their routines and their ruts, and maybe feel less alone in your own. * * * For behind the scenes transcripts, show notes...

Kira Puru on gentle routines, frugality and making mistakes

May 03, 2020 09:02 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MB

Performer, photographer, visual artist, DJ and vocal powerhouse Kira Puru discusses mental health, navigating the logistics of living through a pandemic and sometimes curling up like an armadillo, giving yourself leeway to be overwhelmed, balancing the artistic and the political, frugality, mistakes and that tension between leaning towards chaos and leaning into routine. * * * Thank you for listening to Routines & Ruts, a labour of love fuelled by time and curiosity. If you'd like to supp...

Jen Gotch on overcoming productivity-shame and embracing inconsistencies

April 26, 2020 07:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB

Update: As racist and bullying behaviour has come into light since the recording of this episode with Jen Gotch, it is important to add the caveat that this behaviour is not endorsed or supported. Open to listening and learning on this, and my thinking around leaving the episode up (to date) has been to focus on looking forward and taking action on what I can change – asking harder questions about equality, diversity, and human rights, curating more BIPOC guests, and looking more...

Kylie Lewis on finding new routines, self-compassion and collective vulnerability

April 19, 2020 07:39 - 51 minutes - 47 MB

In this conversation, coach and consultant Kylie Lewis talks about navigating our days imperfectly, how it’s normal to have ‘horizontal days, taking it one moment at a time, self-compassion, collective vulnerability, boundaries during this time, comparison, and aiming for enough. * * * Thank you for listening to Routines & Ruts, a labour of love fuelled by time and curiosity. If you'd like to support the podcast, please share with a friend, or buy the companion book, I Didn't Do The Thi...

Luke Currie-Richardson on creating your own measures for your day, career, and life

April 12, 2020 07:02 - 46 minutes - 36.8 MB

In Luke Currie-Richardson's own words, he may not know what he does for a living, but he knows why he wake up in the morning. In this conversation, Luke delves further into this idea of it’s not what you do it’s the way that you do it, navigating the loss of work during this time, his thoughts on routine being more about priority than rigid structures, the toxicity of sayings like “the show must go on” and “fake it till you make it,” the power of asking for help and taking care of your ment...

Sarah Jane Adams on inevitable uncertainty, self-sabotage and joy

April 05, 2020 10:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MB

Sarah Jane Adams is a self-made antique jewellery dealer, designer and became an international model in her sixties, responsible for the #mywrinklesaremystripes social media movement celebrating the beauty in ageing. We talk about how her daily life resembles a sliding tile puzzle toy, how there is no such thing as certainty, being a misfit, living with openness and joy, solitude, self-sabotage and pressing the reset button. * * * Thank you for listening to Routines & Ruts, a labour of l...

Jai Long on being intentional over busy, letting go, and recognising privilege

March 29, 2020 10:53 - 1 hour - 62.2 MB

Jai Long is a photographer, educator and creative entrepreneur. We talk about being impactful rather than busy, how we are all wired differently, not putting your spark out for other people, the complicated relationship between money and the idea of designing your life, failure, fear, and so much more. * * * Thank you for listening to Routines & Ruts, a labour of love fuelled by time and curiosity. If you'd like to support the podcast, please share with a friend, or buy the companion boo...

Samuel Leighton-Dore on a tiered routines, toxic masculinity and detaching from creative success

March 22, 2020 09:10 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB

There’s a quote going around on from Glennon Melton’s book, Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed and it reads: “You have been offered the gift of crisis. As Kathleen Norris reminds us, the Greek root of the word crisis is "to sift", as in, to shake out the excesses and leave only what's important. That's what crises do. They shake things up until we are forced to hold on to only what matters most. The rest falls away.” What’s left, as this week’s guest points out, can actual...

Samuel Leighton-Dore on a tiered routine, toxic masculinity and detaching from creative success

March 22, 2020 09:10 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB

Gold coast based artist Samuel Leighton-Dore is a satirical cartoonist, a painter, ceramic artist, filmmaker, a regular contributor for SBS Sexuality and author of the graphic novel 'How to be a big strong man'. In this conversation, Samuel share his three-tiered approach to balancing various projects, the little things you can do to feel more disciplined working from home, toxic masculinity, the connection between ambition and depression, failure, untangling your identity from creative ...

Beci Orpin on the upsides of busyness, freelancing and resilience

March 15, 2020 08:44 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MB

Beci Orpin does her best work when she is busy, With a creative career spanning more than twenty years, the Melbourne designer, artist, and illustrator has left her colourful fingerprint on countless projects, from books and homewares, to regular art exhibitions, and collaborations with celebrated brands. In this interview, we talk about how she gets so much done, personal projects, the precarious nature of freelancing, money, emailing, family, criticism and resilience. * * * Thank you ...

Pip Lincolne on heartbreak, wobbly routines and solitude

March 08, 2020 07:16 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MB

Prioritsing yourself isn't selfish, says writer, crafter and blogger behind Meet Me At Mikes, Pip Lincolne – but it sure can be difficult. In this conversation, Pip opens up about the difficult period she faced after the end of a 23-year-relationship – and the book it has since inspired, When Life Is Not Peachy. We delve into winding and twisting path Pip took to a creative career and writing books after she left high school in year eleven, but also feeling like an outsider, parenting a...

Annie Louey on building a career in comedy and finding motivation within yourself

March 01, 2020 07:22 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MB

Annie Louey is a fresh comedic talent who putting it all into her career and immersing herself in the world of presenting and comedy. In this episode, we talk about how to step into being an artist even when you don’t feel ready, the importance of preparation, setting targets in our career, imposter syndrome freelancing routines, how admin is the key part of creative careers bike riding and how to find motivation within yourself. * * * Thank you for listening to Routines & Ruts, a labour...

Oliver Burkeman on embracing limitations, stale goals, and unclenching from routine

February 23, 2020 07:15 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MB

This week's guest has spent the last few years delving into the topic of limitations through researching and writing his latest book on time. Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist living in Brooklyn. He writes a popular weekly column for The Guardian on social psychology, productivity and the science of happiness, called This Column Will Change Your Life and is the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking. In this conversation, we delve in...

Tina Essmaker on not knowing what's next

February 16, 2020 07:57 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MB

Tina Essmaker is a coach, writer and speaker and in early 2017, she had the opportunity to reimagine career and her four burners when she transitioned out of the The Great Discontent, a publication she started with her former husband and business partner. She took what she describes as a gap year to figure out what she wanted to next and eventually returned to her roots as a social worker, now helping the creative community to navigate uncertainty and take action on their ideas. In this c...

Lauren Martin on feeling lost, and finding comfort in the words of women

February 09, 2020 06:41 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MB

Lauren Martin is a writer and the founder of Words Of Women, a labour of love she started when she was searching for something to help herself and other women who were feeling lost. In this episode, Lauren delves into the intricacies of self-initiated work and the thoughtful process behind writing and curating her popular newsletter, blog and Instagram account. We talk about flat days and good days, social isolation, how routine helps when you’re in a rut, comparison, the tension between...

Vanessa Marian on embracing failure and being a lifelong learner

February 02, 2020 07:40 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MB

Dancer and movement director Vanessa Marian Varghese describes her career as a succession of failures – trying to start an online homewares store and failing, trying to be an art director and failing. Finishing a law degree but not wanting to pursue it. But when she didn’t know what she was going to do with her life, she took a dance class and learned something. Now, that curiosity and learning has blossomed into a career in dance and thriving business, Groove Therapy. We talk about how t...

Ryder Carroll on intention over productivity

January 26, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MB

As John Lennon put it, “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” As a loyal proponent of the Bullet Journal, I've seen first hand how the immensely popular analog system goes far beyond planning and teaches you to be more intentional with list-making – and life. If there is one person who understands intentionality beyond our plans it’s this week’s guest. Ryder Carroll is an author, digital product designer, and inventor of the Bullet Journal method. In this c...

Amanda Palmer on blanket compassion, rest and redefining success

January 19, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MB

This week’s guest is unquestionable gifted in an astonishing array of disciplines – Amanda Palmer is a singer, songwriter, filmmaker, playwright, pianist, author, director, blogger and ukulele enthusiast. It’s easy to compile Palmer’s successes and accredit it all to a perfect, productive creative schedule. But the as Amanda freely admits, there was a time when her relationship with productivity was punishing. In this episode, Amanda talks about how we can crush progress with perfection bo...

Adriana Picker on burnout and mundane self-care practices

January 12, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MB

Adriana Picker has a career many illustrators would pine for – she’s illustrated four books, held numerous exhibitions of her illustrations and paintings, and her list of clients includes Vogue, Gourmet Traveller, Mecca Cosmetics, and T2. Despite the impressive bio and dream projects, Adriana opens up about a particular variety of creative rut that can be spurred on by doing the thing you love to a point of exhaustion. Adriana is candid about the privileges and pitfalls of working on dream...

Benjamin Law on time optimism and managing post-project blues

January 05, 2020 07:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MB

Benjamin Law is an expert in shifting gears. While he credits his colour-coded iCal for his time-management prowess, after our conversation, I’m convinced his curiosity and energy plays an important role in making Ben one of Australia’s most prolific and beloved writers. * * * Thank you for listening to Routines & Ruts, a labour of love fuelled by time and curiosity. If you'd like to support the podcast, please share with a friend, or buy the companion book, I Didn't Do The Thing Today....

Clare Bowditch on patience, book writing and ambition

December 29, 2019 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MB

In this debut episode of Routines & Ruts, Clare Bowditch discusses taking it one step at a time, the book writing process, and how letting go can bring us the most extraordinary experiences. * * * Thank you for listening to Routines & Ruts, a labour of love fuelled by time and curiosity. If you'd like to support the podcast, please share with a friend, or buy the companion book, I Didn't Do The Thing Today. To stay in the loop, sign up to the Madeleine Dore—On Things newsletter. Host...

Introducing Routines & Ruts

December 15, 2019 08:00 - 6 minutes - 6.08 MB