Dreams Start With Patience #48

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Creativity Sprints

This week's newsletter is for those who struggle with novelty-seeking behavior and immediate gratification.

The solution?

Work in sprints and understand your micro-habits.

Being creative isn't some mystical power that some people have and others don't.

Creativity is a part of all of us, it's an innate skill we use to channel more of ourselves.

When you start your creative journey, you watch the colors fill the world around you.

That world was previously black and white.

Artists, entrepreneurs, and athletes are all engaging in the creative act.

Creativity is intrinsic.

Although, inspiration is extrinsic.

The act of creation is something you are capable of.

But why do so many avoid it?

Creativity requires effort, it's much easier to destroy or consume.

Creative sprints are inside a branch of the skill tree you didn’t unlock.

Let me help you level up your creativity with this ability.

The creative knows that inspiration and motivation are fleeting (in most cases)

It’s intuitive.

Trust your gut when it comes to the creative act.

The creative sprint is in alignment with being.

By being, I mean the act of living in the present.

The now, flowing, conscious awareness, etc.

The names go on and on.

Creatives learn early on that the biggest hurdle to their creation is themselves.

Whenever I’m out of alignment:

My art suffers, my mood is poor, and my outlook on life is taxed in the most negative way possible.

I haven’t figured out the root of the reoccurrence of misalignment.

I spent the past two weeks searching for answers to why I feel the way I do.

What did I learn though? Everybody is only pretending to know how to fix it.

I believe it’s just that of life.

When I feel a creative sprint approaching I don’t ignore it.

As humans, we have ups and downs.

A season of sprints, a season of marathons, and a season of rest.

The signal of my whole operation being out of alignment is when I find myself daydreaming or focused on the outside world.

What season are you residing in currently?

Why should you learn the creative sprint?

Simple. Deadlines.

In the creative world, you are forced to work when you don’t feel like it.

Harsh deadlines, high-paying clients, and zero motivation to do anything.

It’s a paradox.

You want to do creative work because it’s a way to express yourself.

But, the moment you start to get paid for working for another person, you feel less inclined to create.

It’s a major problem, one I’ve experienced time and time again.

I don’t claim to have all the answers actually, I’m surprised when anyone gets any benefit from this weekly newsletter.

Although, I’ve learned it’s best to record and write about most things that trouble you. The solutions are usually found inside yourself.

The creative sprint gives you balance.

For 2/4 seasons of the year, you work nonstop in a sprint with your only focus being the creative endeavor at hand.

The other 2/4 seasons, you spend experiencing.

This “experiencing” can be anything, or it can simply be called living.

As a creative, I don’t think we exist to work.

In the USA, the culture at hand is work work work.

If you’re not working, you’re a bum.

In the creator economy?

If you’re not leveling up, resisting centralization, and living in accordance with nature.

You’re a bum.

Problem: Novelty-seeking behavior

Why do people seek novelty?

In some cases, it can be a pleasant experience.

In other situations, novelty-seeking behavior is dangerous.

Our lives are so mundane and in sync throughout the year, that every day starts to blur.

In a diluted, fucked up way.

Novelty gives our lives meaning.

It’s a glimmer of hope in a life without the creative act.

Novelty makes us feel good and raises our baseline of dopamine.

But this novelty-seeking behavior makes it difficult to commit to anything worthwhile.

If you can’t commit to anything, how can you expect to actualize your potential as a creative?

You’ve only got the present, this is reality.

Your mind contains the potentiality of everything.

But, every moment spent chasing novelty is a moment that could better be spent on your problems or your enjoyment.

By enjoyment, I mean finding your passion and exercising the true, hard-to-obtain, feel-good dopamine triggers.

Thanks for reading!

Another way I can help you when you are ready.
1. Work with me! Coaching for writing and recording long-form content

2. The Patience Paradigm (curiosity → passion course)
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