How do you feel about your general everyday life and habits as a person?
HUGE and daunting question I know, but it’s actually very relevant to your creative output.
As creatives, we can posses many amazing qualities but we can also be quite sensitive people who over think, procrastinate or feel the weight of the world a little more than the less arty inclined members of society.
Today I want to bring your attention to the exterior parts of your life that might be having a profound effect on your creative output and give you some actionable strategies to start getting on top of these 5 areas to take full control.
You can listen to this episode on your way to work or watch the YouTube video by clicking this link some extra visual support. I would highly recommend noting down these 5 areas and then making a list under each heading of how you can implement or action each one.
In the future I hope to develop some PDF’s or useful resources that can go along with these podcast episodes so those of you who want to take it a little further can do so with ease.
Over the years, I’ve struggled with multiple barriers to my creativity and I can confidently say that 90% of them have all been me in my own way or something to do with lifestyle/mindset. I’m really passionate about sharing more of the things that have helped me through my teens, my 20’s and now as a parent and full time creative navigating my 30’s.
I don’t believe we have many examples of quirky, creative, artistic people offering up this kind of advice online - most of the time it’s a sciencey type, a more straight corporate type, or someone who seems to have lost touch with what it’s actually like in the real world and tells you to wake up at 5am, run, ice bath, meditate and then work for two focused hours and meditate some more…and I mean come on right!?
While lots of the advice these people give is totally valid and helpful, it’s not always practical for the everyday person and it can end up making us just, feel like shit…
Someone I’m a big fan of who delivers the advice but without the bullshit and looks and sounds like someone I would hang out with in my everyday life (which means they are a whole lot more relatable) is Struthless. I’ve dropped a video of his below that tackles the subject of our environment and it’s impact on our mood and therefore our productivity/creativity. This fellow Aussie has been the gateway for many positive habits for me over the years and if you want to dive deeper into what I’ve talked about today I highly recommend watching more of us videos.
Let me know any thoughts you have on this and anything you struggle with as a creative in this modern world and I’m happy to tackle it on the podcast!
Thank you for all the love on the last video/podcast covering the Regeneration chapter in Rick Rubin’s amazing book The Creative Act!