The reason you find it so hard to stay consistent with your creativity is because, for years, your creative self was told to stay in the corner, to not take any risks; to only speak when spoken to. 

On December 31, 2021, I published my 465th blog in 465 days. I successfully wrote and published an article every single day for an entire calendar year—plus one hundred days on top of that. But it wasn’t always like this. I used to be a serial quitter.

If you create a work of art, particularly something robust and lengthy, you don’t need to worry about people you know getting upset by it.

Think of someone who said something mean about your creative work.

“While creativity can seem like magic, like every magic trick there is a method behind it. A timeless creation will not simply appear.”

Isn’t creating a beautiful thing? But not to prove an old piano teacher wrong, or to show someone that you’re somebody.

It stands to reason that high expectations reduce the amount of satisfaction we feel in our work. 

Some days, creative work just doesn’t flow. On days like these, you have two options.

When you create art for yourself, you’re not doing a lot of other things.

“If you want to be successful, you only need to do one thing: be proud of your work...”

Trying to motivate myself to lift weights is difficult. I get legalistic about it. I make bargains and cut deals with myself to do fewer reps, to lift less weight, and to stick to lifts I’m comfortable with. 

I help artists get out of their own way so they can create every day. Daily lessons, daily creative prompts, a supportive community, and a proven system for consistent creativity that works with your real, busy life.

I saw a tweet recently joking that the very first books were audiobooks.

Doesn’t a clear sense of self sound nice? While we’re at it, why not strong goals, more new adventures, and good friends to go along with that? Let’s talk about how to achieve this. 

Temporal landmarks are beginnings and ends of arbitrary periods of time. A new year, the first of the month, Mondays.

“When you talk crap about a rival, you’re reinforcing a sense of identity. You’re reinforcing who we are and who they are.” 

We hear perfectionism described a hundred different ways. Rarely do we hear it described as dangerous.

To own a business that generates you many millions of dollars, you have to become a certain type of person. Is that worth it?

“If your sense of taste is lower than that of the customers how will you impress them?”

“Reading is supposed to be an educational tool, and most people use it like sleeping pills.”