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Katie Chappell

UK-based live illustrator and graphic recorder, and co-host of The Good Ship Illustration podcast with Helen Stephens and Tania Willis.

Jun 3, 2026

5:39
Yeah.
5:39
So I think it's, like, I can use my creative brain to, like, find out ways of making, tricking myself into doing things.
5:45
But I felt, found that really frustrating 'cause, you know, you read about morning routines and, like, doing morning pages and meditating and doing yoga and stuff, and I'm like, "Yes, I'm gonna do all these things." And I manage them for, like, a few days and then just f- like, fall off the wagon.
6:00
I just ask myself in the morning, "What do I actually want to do this morning?" So, like, this morning I was like, "I want more sleepThat's what's happening.
6:06
Whereas some- someone ends up like, "I want to go and write."

19 MINS LATER

24:44
Mm-hmm.
24:44
Like, dramatic.
24:45
[laughs] Um, so the newborn bit was a lot, but, like, luckily was blessed with a child that sleeps really well and has inherited my sleepiness.

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