Career & Creativity

It’s Ok to be Afraid – But You Should Still Take Action

If you don’t step out of your comfort zone, you won’t grow The word fear has a…

How To Make Friends When You Work Remotely

Many different circumstances lead us to want to find and build new friendships. Moving to…

Expert Generalist: Why a Diverse Skill Set is Good for your Career and Personal Growth

The term expert-generalist was coined by Orit Gadiesh. She defined an Expert Generalist as someone…

What to do When You Hate all Your Ideas or Your Job

All The Black Creatives Featured In Clever-ish Magazine To Date

As we continue to give the long-overdue recognition to black-owned business and black creative and talented individuals, here's a look at black photographers, authors, entrepreneurs, and artists that have been featured in…

The Best Productivity Method You’ve Ever Heard, Courtesy of Lauren Graham

Have you ever sat down to make progress on your current project and promptly wasted…

Wantrepreneur: Advice For Every Undecided and Young Entrepreneur

Wantrepreneur/Wantreprenurship Noun The act of wanting to be an entrepreneur i.e setting up your own…

5 Top Productivity Tracking Apps And Tools For Freelancers

As a freelancer myself, I know that time is of the essence and productivity comes…

I Built My Fashion Business During a Pandemic – Barbara Bennett Designs

Barbara Bennett Designs Welcome to The Doers, a Clever-ish Magazine interview series. The Doers are…

How Gabriel Lewis Continued to Succeed After Masterchef

  Welcome to The Doers, a Clever-ish Magazine interview series. The Doers are those who…

I Turned My Graphic Design Side-Gig into a Full-Time Business

Matilda Wilson is an Art Director and creator of Matilda Wilson Creative Studio, a creative…

A 6 Point Guide on How to Stabilize Your Creative Career

This podcast recommendation is a long-time favorite. In listening to Creative Pep Talk I’ve learned…

The Most Enjoyable And Inspiring Email Newsletters To Subscribe To

There’s something to be said for a thoughtfully penned email newsletter delivered right to your…

Gabriel Lewis Talks About His Time on Masterchef and Relationship with Gordon Ramsay

If you’re wondering what happened to Masterchef’s Gabriel Lewis after being a top 7 contestant,…

How to Start a Side Hustle While Working a Full-time Job

From the early twenties on, right after college and up until your thirties, most of…

5 Tips To Help You Succeed at Working From Home

One of the struggles of remote work is the realization that your work life and…

4 Time Management Tips If You Struggle With Working From Home

Creative Revival: How To Find Creative Inspiration Through Music

In the past couple of weeks, I’ve struggled to find inspiration and drive and it’s…

10 Black-Owned Creative Businesses You Should Know, Follow, and Patronize

As we've all learned in the past few days, we must take actionable steps to…

A Guide to Facilitating a Successful Design Thinking Session for Entrepreneurs

Design thinking sessions are fundamental to innovation and ideation, and yet the manner in which…

Everything You Need To Know About House Sitting By Sam And Veren

Sam and Veren are leading and trusted voices in the world of house sitting. Sam…

Aaron Jean – Not Your Everyday Photographer

Natalie Danza Discusses Adult Ballet And Being An Entrepreneur

Photo: Natalie Danza Natalie Danza is the founder of Adult Ballet Community, a community that caters…

“I’m Learning To Be Creatively Satisfied”-An Interview With Brotha CJ

On a warm summer morning, CJ walked into the tiny cafe on a cute little…

Evoking Connections Through Photos with James Omorodion

Full-time software engineer and a part-time photographer, James’s photography pursuits kicked off only two years…

Amy Poehler’s Wine Country Has a Thing or Two to Teach Millennials

Amy Poehler packed her new Netflix film, Wine Country, full of funny moments and absurd…

5 Creative Podcasts To Cultivate Your Entrepreneurial Spirit

The right podcast can be an indulgence that adds value and depth to your time…

How To Set Goals In Life For Quantifiable Growth (Actionable Goal Setting 101)

Attendees at the Clever-ish Magazine Event- Understanding Your Quarter-life Crisis taking part in the goal…

Deltino Guerreiro On Having Love And Passion For What You Do

Doing what you love is an act of courage and bravery. More often than not,…

Shaping The Future Of Co-working With Croissant Co-founder Nisha Garigarn

The Croissant app fulfills a need that most freelancers and creatives have in enabling them…

How to Procrastinate Positively – As Told By The Editor Of The Procrastination Paper

How many of us are guilty of mindlessly scrolling through social media? Yup, I’ll put…

How to Submit Your Freelance Articles/Pitches to Clever-ish Magazine

We think it's amazing that you want to write for Clever-ish Magazine! We are always…

5 Important Roles of Community in Fostering Creativity

Ask yourself, “what does community mean to you?” Does it mean a sense of unity…

The Beamish Brothers on Staying True to their Acoustic Roots and Songwriting

  It’s was on a beautiful spring evening in the South of Spain that I…

3 Key Lessons On Entrepreneurship You Can Learn From These Startups

These key lessons on entrepreneurship are intended to give you insights on how startups really…

How to Use External Accountability to Achieve Your Creative Goals

If one of your goals is to dedicate more time to the things that matter…

Book Review–The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

~in my Nutshell~ World-renowned choreographer and director of Broadway’s Movin’ Out, Twyla Tharp, shares her…

A Curated Guide of Expert Advice for Creative Individuals

Get lost in this compilation of thoughts and advice gathered from a variety of successful…

5 Habits Every Entrepreneur or Freelancer Needs to be Successful

We always pick up new habits. As an entrepreneur, picking up the right habits could…

6 Places You Can Find Creative Inspiration Online

There’s usually a self-limiting assumption that true creativity has to occur in a spontaneous and…

Cee Cee’s Closet Founders Talk Entrepreneurship, Diversity, and Following a Dream

Cee Cee’s Closet is a New York-based company that specializes in unique, artisan, and handmade…

Tola Ajibade: “I Treat My Creative Projects as an Outlet for Me”

Writer, photographer, and self-proclaimed renaissance man, Tola Ajibade is a creative and intellectual who loves…

Rachel Hosie on Writing for the Independent and Empowering Her Audience

As a writer and Assistant Lifestyle Editor at the well-known newspaper The Independent, Rachel Hosie is…

How to Value your Work and Stay True to Your Creativity

The ability to be creative and use that creativity as an avenue to express ourselves…

On Finding and Growing a Creative Outlet with Daniela Pimentel

Daniela Pimentel is making the most of her twenties by not sitting idle. In addition…

Dealing With Life After Graduation: What I Learned

The week of my final examination was a very emotional one. I felt feelings of…

Mr. Wentz – Pictures are Forever

I first came across Mr Wentz’s photography when his work was featured on CNNAfrica’s Instagram…

Lindiebeth – Capturing Beauty and the Realness Within

Lindie and I have known each other for almost three years and our relationship exists…

Exploring your Creative Side in Today’s Society

This week’s Must-See is a talk on creativity titled Creatives are the Hidden Gems of…

Raquel Ross – Using Photography As My Creative Outlet

I’ve not always had an interest in photography. I started as maybe many of my…