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The Long & Lonely Road to Recovery
For the last thirteen months, I’ve been recovering from a pretty nasty back injury—an L4/L5 disc herniation pressing on my L5 nerve, causing relentless foot and leg pain on my left side. No back pain, just sciatica. At its worst, it gave me foot drop and numbness. I couldn’t even roll my left foot properly when walking.
Introducing The Films That Ruined Us, a New Podcast About Movie Obsession
What do you do if you’ve turned a beloved hobby into a business? The lines certainly get blurred between work and play. And so you start to crave a fresh focus. Something creative that doesn’t need to make money – maybe not initially. Something that is loads of fun and doesn’t feel like a chore. Enter podcast number two on a subject completely unrelated to Creative Boom but…
The Surprising Aftermath of Leaving Social Media
Earlier this month, I announced on LinkedIn that I’d terminated all my other personal accounts on X, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Reddit, and TikTok. Funny enough, I didn’t anticipate the flood of private messages that would follow—thank you notes for my honesty and even some praise for my “bravery”. It might seem odd that leaving a social network could spark such a response.
From Rented to Owned: Taking Back Control Online
This week, I left six social media platforms: Instagram, Threads, X, TikTok, Reddit, and even the supposedly "angelic" Bluesky. The only network I still have an account with is LinkedIn. Announcing such a move in 2025 might seem trivial, but for me, it marks the start of a new chapter.