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5 Acts of Self-Love for Every Creative

On biomimicry, procrastination 🙄, the 100-Day Project, & more

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Vanessa Li
Feb 14, 2026
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Good morning creative human,

Is love in the air today?

And, I’m not just talking romantic love. I’m talking…

  • random-acts-of-kindness love

  • kismet love

  • platonic love

  • creative love

  • self love

  • family love

  • community love

  • inner artist love

Because, whether you love or hate the sappiness and big gestures that come with Valentine’s Day, I hope there is an abundance of love in your life right now (floating overhead like fairy dust in a Disney movie scene involving cute animals and supernatural powers).

And, as you get ready for Galentine’s Day Brunch, or a fancy shmacy meal with your beau, or a peaceful day with yourself (perhaps taking your dog to the beach, curling up with a good book or movie, or running weekend errands), might I suggest giving your inner artist some love too?

Packing handmade Galentine's letters to fellow creative, small-business women in the SF Bay Area.

Your inner artist is that part of you that is always taking a back seat and yielding to the serious, pragmatic priorities of your modern-day life. It’s the part of you that wants to take the afternoon off to plant flowers at the community garden or take a beginner pottery class, but never gets their way…

And I get it…it’s hard.

I was under the weather this entire week, and it felt deeply uncomfortable — not in my body, but in my mind.

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