🤘 Happy beginning of Spring. Spring is literally a season of transition. Things that were dormant start moving again. New energy shows up. And it's a natural time to ask: what's waking up for me? What needs a new rhythm? I don't know about you, but seasonal shifts always make me pause. Not in a "new year, new me" kind of way. More like a gut check. Is what I'm doing still aligned with where I'm headed? Here's something I've been working through with coaching clients lately (and honestly, with...
12 days ago • 4 min read
Thanks to everyone who joined me for Thursday's workshop on designing effective habits. You can get the replay soon if you are a member of Domestika (which I highly recommend if you love learning and you are a creative person): "Designing (and Sticking to) Effective Habits for Creative People" If you missed it, here's the short version: The best habits for creative people are tiny, controllable, convenient, repeatable (with the appropriate "rhythm"), enjoyable, and connected to a goal you...
20 days ago • 3 min read
Quick reminder: I'm hosting a free live workshop this Thursday, March 12 @ 10:30am Mountain Time called "Designing (and Sticking to) Effective Habits for Creative People" on Domestika Live. Here's what's usually missing: the habit wasn't designed for them. It wasn't tiny enough. It wasn't convenient enough. It wasn't enjoyable enough. It depended on conditions that weren't always in their control. And maybe most importantly, it wasn't actually connected to a goal they cared about. It was...
25 days ago • 1 min read
Hey there! I want to ask you a question. What's the tiniest thing you could do, that you have control over, that if done consistently, would bring you closer and closer to your creative goals? Not a big, ambitious overhaul. Not the perfect morning routine you saw on YouTube. Just the smallest possible action that would actually move the needle. This is the question at the heart of how I think about habits for creative people. Most habit advice out there is designed for optimization junkies....
27 days ago • 1 min read
I read an article this week that I haven't been able to stop thinking about. It's called "3 Mirages of Productivity" by Marios Georgiou, and the subtitle hits hard: "The nonsense we tell ourselves while not doing the thing." He names three traps we fall into when we want to feel productive without actually producing anything: Mirage One: Systems Chasing the perfect app, the perfect workflow, the perfect Notion setup. Believing that once you find the right system, everything will finally...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
If you've been feeling stuck or scattered lately... If you keep meaning to work on that creative project but somehow never do... It's not because you're lazy or undisciplined. The root resistance actually lies within how our brains are evolutionarily wired. The human brain is wired to resist creative work (even in creative people to some extent)! Your brain evolved to keep you safe. To avoid risk. To seek certainty and stick with what's familiar. But creative work asks the opposite of you. It...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hey there, If you're feeling stuck, scattered, or a little overwhelmed with your creative work right now, I want to share something I built that might help. Here's what I've noticed working 1-on-1 with hundreds of creative people over the years: Most of us don't lack badass, meaningful ideas. We struggle with consistent follow-through. We know what we want to do. We know what it would mean to us (and others) if we did it. We just can't seem to stick with it. We get distracted, overwhelmed, or...
2 months ago • 2 min read
If you've been feeling scattered, stuck, or like you're spinning your wheels lately... I want you to try something with me. But before I tell you what it is, let me ask you a few questions: When was the last time you paused at the end of your day and asked yourself: What actually worked today? What got in my way? What's the ONE thing that would make tomorrow feel like a win? Most creative people skip this step entirely. They jump from task to task, project to project, hoping momentum will...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Hey there, I've been looking at the Creative Vision Scorecard results from last week, and I need to share what I'm seeing. Because it's not what I expected, and it might surprise you too. Here's what the data shows: Nearly half of you have the same bottleneck. It's not Vision Clarity. Most of you actually know what you want (or have a pretty good idea). It's not Focus & Prioritization. Sure, some struggle here, but it's not the main thing. The #1 thing holding creative people back right now...
3 months ago • 2 min read