We recently connected with Caitlyn Roberts and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Caitlyn thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Do you think your parents have had a meaningful impact on you and your journey?

Growing up, I always had very supportive parents. I appreciate the way they allowed me to make my own decisions and mistakes while supporting me along the way. In a creative aspect, they also fostered the things I was interested in from flute lessons, to dance team, and into adulthood with my decision to start blogging. Learning yourself is tough, so I appreciate their support in the process of me growing to become who I know myself to be.

Caitlyn, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

My name is Caitlyn, and I own a blog called Crazy Hot Houston. Initially I started the blog to highlight small businesses and brands within the Houston area. After a long pause in creating, I learned that I enjoy focusing on creatives and their processes. It takes so much courage to discover yourself and your interests, and I believe it takes even more to act on it. Because they are such an inspiration to me, I hope to shed light on their work and being attention to the awesome things they do.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

One thing I had to unlearn is the idea of needing to label myself or my brand as one thing. I started my blog with an idea of topics to focus on and felt guilty for straying away or having the desire to write about other things. It’s an insane way to think! As humans, we’re so complex, and I had to understand that’s it’s okay to pivot and have other interests outside of what I had initially planned for the blog to be.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?

With non-creatives (Or someone who chooses not to pursue their creative interests. I believe everyone has a little creativity in them), I think that there is a tendency to want to critique the decisions that creatives make for themselves regarding their decision to pursue goals that can be unconventional. I teeter on the line in between. I believe it’s important to be responsible and objective, but also, a lot of good ideas are unconventional. It’s important to be empathetic and supportive and balance that with the desire to be objective. To me, it’s important to discern when someone needs advice and when they need support. The two are not the same.

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• Website: https://www.crazyhothouston.com/
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