Are you having doubts about the quality of your work? Do you feel like your creations are never quite good enough? All creatives struggle with insecurity. How do you find a way to move past it and do the work you’re meant to do? Maybe you shouldn’t think of your insecurity as an enemy. Maybe […]
Creativity
Your Creative Work Means Everything and Nothing at the Same Time
You don’t need to become a master at what you do. You don’t need to start logging your “10,000 hours.” You don’t need to make grand plans for “following your dreams,” and “finding your purpose.” You don’t need to do anything. I’d like to say I dreamed of becoming a writer my entire life. I’d […]
5 Lies Creatives LOVE to Tell Themselves
I’m writing a new book. But there’s a problem: I can’t write it. I’m already 5,000 words in and I’m still not confident that I can complete it. I know this is a lie I’m telling myself, but it doesn’t make the lie feel less real. We all our lie to ourselves sometimes.. We make […]
You Don’t Need Anyone’s Permission To Create
This guy created a “best selling,” book that only contained a picture of his foot. The process was simple. He took a picture of his foot, added it to a document, uploaded it to amazon, asked a few of his friends to buy it, and placed it in an obscure category so it would rank […]
Why I Write
Why do I write? I write because it’s one of the few things that allows me to be myself – my real self. Life requires you to be fake sometimes. I don’t have to fake it when I write. I write because it’s amazing how many different concepts, ideas, and messages can be shared with only […]