…back in the summer I was speaking with a creative friend (who I've had on the podcast) and she said in passing, "I'm constantly disappointed" and I thought, "You are? Me too? Oh, I'm so glad someone finally said it."

A creative exercise to help us reframe our perspective and get back to making work that matters.

Ideas. Aren’t they the best? Is there a sentence as full of possibility as “I have an idea."? They are the beginning of everything.

For us creative people, ideas are the name of the game. It’s what we work in. Creative living is having an idea, make an idea happen, over and over again.

But things get messy. It’s not as simple as that in reality. Because ideas are like badly labeled seeds. You don’t always get what you’re expecting, or when you’re expecting it. It’s part of the fun.

It’s also a massive pain in the ass.

Every creative has been there, deep in the ruins of an idea we were once excited about. We’re might be embarrassed, we’re certainly confused and it could lead to us questioning ourselves as creatives. It’s painful and one of the worst parts of creative life, but what if it’s supposed to be this way?

2021: Now what?? I share a couple of thoughts as to where we’re at and what our creative mindset should for the year ahead.