T-Bolt Creative

03/03/2025

The Iditarod begins! Best of luck to all those setting out from Fairbanks on the Last Great Race today.

33 mushers, up to 528 dogs, racing across over 1,100 miles of Alaskan wilderness on their way to Nome.

Follow my page and check out my website to see more illustrations celebrating the Alaskan way of life.

23/12/2024

The calendar is about to turn. This is the year you're going to get a gym membership 🏋️‍♀️, pay off that credit card 💰, or finally tackle a new language 🇫🇷.

📆 And then February arrives and you did none of that.

➡ But what if this year you actually did make some changes? ⬅

❓What would be different about you come New Year's Day 2026 if you did?

In my latest blog article, I walk through five tips for bucking your procrastinating ways.

Stop letting the 'Someday Scaries' hold you back! Unleash your potential and kickstart your next great adventure in 2025 with these quick tips! 🚀💪



https://www.tboltcreative.com/post/someday-scaries

24/02/2024

Eat yer spinach.

Fun little quick project. I’ve been sketching a bunch of cartoons in my sketchbook over the past couple weeks to get a good feel for characterization. I’m thinking about ways I can both get to know my own characters and stories better and give you guys a taste of what I’ve got going on behind the scenes.

The plan is to post more illustrations of the characters we all know and love in the next weeks and months, and then start sprinkling in some I’ve created. So be sure to follow me to stay up-to-date and check out my full portfolio at the link in my bio.

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20/01/2024

I know I've been quiet on social for the past month or so. But I assure you, things have been happening behind the scenes. Over the past few weeks, I've been:

1. Working with my first client,

2. Starting to get a small business cohort going in my area,

3. Upping my digital skills,

4. Writing the first draft of my next novel, and

5. Furiously applying for jobs.

It's safe to say the new year has started with a bang!

If you or someone you know needs help creating marketing material for your small business (websites, graphics, social posts, email campaigns, blog posts, etc.), DM me or visit my website to schedule an appointment to start working with me.

#2024

14/12/2023

I can’t tell you how many days of my life I’ve wasted waiting for something, anything, to happen to me.

Thing is, if your phone ain’t ringin’, it’s likely not because people have forgotten about you. It’s more likely that you haven’t done what you’re uniquely capable of doing that would make other people want to make the call.

So do what only you can do for the people you most want to help. Everything else will follow from that.

09/12/2023

One of the best parts of travel is the feeling of weightlessness you get when you leave all your belongings at home, strap on a backpack, and hit the road.

But when is the last time you felt that kind of weightlessness? And why did you sacrifice it to buy a bunch of stuff you don't need?

Let me know in the comments or DM me to continue the conversation.

08/12/2023

Your life is busy. You’re running around doing 100 different things every hour of the day.

You know how to push through and get things done. In fact, it’s one of your best qualities.

But it could also be killing you.

As we get to the end of the year with all the gatherings and events going on - plus everything happening at work - it’s hard to find even just a spare moment to sit down and do nothing.

But I want to challenge you to carve out five to ten minutes a day and do just that: Nothing.

Once you do it for a few days in a row, you may start thinking you don’t need to be as busy as you thought in order to get everything done that you need to do.

Comment your thoughts and share with a friend or family member.

07/12/2023

This period in which I haven't been gainfully employed has taught me some things about what really matters in our lives and work.

I imagine these four areas will be the ones that stick out when everything is all said and done.

So, where are you at with them? Let me know in the comments, and share this post with someone who claims to be too busy for any or all of them.

06/12/2023

No matter who you are or where you're at in your career, insecurity can be a formidable opponent capable of knocking you out and robbing you of all your self-confidence.

Don't let it.

In my latest blog article, I outline a few of insecurity's nastiest traits and provide you with ideas on how to go to battle against it so that you come out on top.

Follow the link below to read the article. Then come back here to comment or DM me with your thoughts.



https://www.tboltcreative.com/post/how-to-recognize-and-overcome-insecurity-in-your-work-and-life

28/11/2023

There is nothing magical about January 1st. So why do we all wait until a new year rolls around to start living the way we know we should?

In this week's blog article, I walk through a simple framework for setting goals that you actually stick with.

It's not rocket surgery. But it does take discipline, commitment, and accountability. Three scary words we don't like to say - and we especially don't like doing.

Follow the link below to read the article, and then leave me a comment or DM with your thoughts.

https://www.tboltcreative.com/post/goal-setting-what-it-is-what-it-isn-t-and-how-to-start-doing-it-right-now

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