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