Archive - the erica edit

When "your thing" repulses you

A (gentle, non-judgmental) look at why you ~literally can't~ do the thing you used to love most (let alone create another business based on it) - and…

Dec 14, 2025 • Erica Lee Strauss

November 2025

5 Cute Fall-Inspired Things I’m Doing to Save My Sanity This Season

Fall has this funny way of bringing out a (false) sense of urgency in so many of us (now) burnt out, creative, artsy girlies.

Nov 16, 2025 • Erica Lee Strauss

December 2023

Coming soon

the erica edit is the online diary of a burntout creative girlie learning to live (and be happy with) less.

Dec 17, 2023 • Erica Lee Strauss

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