The Michelle Hickey Design Blog

In this post, I share a book review of Year of Yes, plus four things that have been bringing me joy lately. Early in June, I realized that my bookshelf was greatly lacking in diversity. Big mistake. Huge. (Julia Roberts voice) Since then, I’ve been fixing that by filling my shopping cart, library queue, and […]

I’ve dreamed about writing a book for years. In this post, you’ll hear what I’m doing to make it happen. I’m writing a book. It has taken me nearly a year to get comfortable typing those four words. I first broke the news that I was taking on this new endeavor late last summer, in […]

In this post, I share my word of the year for 2020 and how I’m letting it guide the future of my creative business. That time I thought I was too good for the “word of the year.” Like many bloggers, every January 1st, I declare a focus word or phrase to guide the 365 […]

Taking risks don’t come naturally to introverts. In this post, you’ll learn how to stop playing it safe, without leaving your comfort zone. Have you always been told that the way to accomplish great things is to step outside of your comfort zone? To become a risk-taker? To take more leaps? None of these things […]

Are you a creative who can never seem to finish the projects that you start? Try this simple exercise to help you stick with more of the ones that matter. I call it the curse of being creative. We have more ideas than we know what to do with. So what do we do? We […]

Looking for a simple method for making smarter, faster decisions? In this post and video, Michelle shares a three-part checkpoint that you can use to make the choices that will lead to prosperity in your business and life. If you identify as an introvert, you already know that energy is a precious resource. And that […]

Hi Instagram Friends! Here's all of the free content that we shared in June Michelle Loves Books Think and Grow Rich - How to craft your definite chief aim The One Thing - Where should you focus your efforts to grow your business? Educated - Whose version of reality are you choosing to live in? [...]

Have you ever wondered how to build a creative community? Have you ever wondered if that is even possible for an introvert? Can you find the friends and still get to keep your space? In this video interview, you’ll learn how entrepreneur Tom Ross built his creative empire, centered around community, in his own introverted […]

Where should you focus your efforts to grow your business? If you’re struggling to figure out whether email marketing, Instagram, Pinterest, or one of the many other alternatives will be the best avenue to grow your creative business, a powerful tactic from the book, The One Thing, by Gary Keller, will help you to determine […]