Lets Get Metaphysical

I feel the familiar, fearful sensation of uncertainty as I write this. It's the quiet voice of my inner Protector warning me, trying to keep me safe, out of harm's way. It knows it's safer to just do nothing. There's no telling

Transcend Discipline

I've never been consistent with going to the gym. I've lost count of how many times I've tried. My technique is to get motivated, watch YouTube videos, figure out what workouts I should do, go to the gym maybe once a week for the

Temptation

I'm tempted to play Teamfight Tactics right now. It's a video game that I got back into this past week. Normally I can wait patiently until the evening, after all my creative outputs, habits, errands, and meetings are done. Today though, I have been feeling the

Take Action

The idea that you need to "figure out" something is part of the problem. You're overthinking. Yes, you could think really hard and try to make something perfect, but that's best done when you already have momentum. If you don't have momentum,

Hard Days

Daisy, oh Daisy... Daisy is my old, shared-custody, self-aware, digestively-challenged Bichon-Poodle. She was snuggled up on the heating pad in the living room when I checked on her last night. She was still snuggled up there when I checked on her again, just before I got

IDGAF Writing

I hand-wrote the following, without pausing, just a little while ago. Pen in my right hand, scribbling away non-stop, and a delicious cup of homemade coffee in my left hand. There is a slight sourness to this coffee, but overall it's quite smooth, much more so

Letters To The Muse

Dear Diary, Do people really say that? I'm OCD about what I call things. Is this my blog, my diary, my journal, my notebook, or something else? What is this writing that I do each day? Lately I've been calling my daily writing my "Letters

Shipping Sacred Poop To The Void

You take up a new creative practice. It could be writing, painting, web design, pottery, knitting, or a hundred other things. You do it every day and you share your work on the internet. You would obviously expect crickets for the first few days. You don't expect crickets

Write Letters

I sat down to write, but the blank page won the staring contest, so I went and took a nap. I sat down to write again, but I got distracted by social media. People are too clever! I sat down to write once more, and this time I reminded myself

Into The Ideaverse

There's the physical universe and then there's the idea universe. The ideaverse. Everything that ever could have been, could be, and will be exist in the ideaverse. An idea that is ready to come to life can hop from its universe into ours in search of

On Reading Fiction

Today I finished reading Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. I set the book down for what might be the last time and paused. I was feeling some feelings. I felt filled to the brim with the goodness of that story. I felt joy and celebration at how the characters overcame their

Go Pro To GoPro

I want to buy a new video camera. Specifically, I want the GoPro Mission 1 PRO ILS. I've never owned a GoPro. I already have a Canon G7X Mark II, a DJI Osmo Pocket 3, a Sony a6700, an Insta360 x4, an Insta360 x6, an Insta360 Luna Ultra,

Creating Is Easier Than Ever

I have a bad habit of hiding away in my apartment, aka my happy box. I blame it on years of playing video games for 8 hours a day, or more. So I started walking around the neighborhood or the bike trail every morning. Being the genius that I am,

Bridge The Gap

What dreams do you have for your life? What do you want to have? Where do you want to go? Who do you want to be? Some of us have silenced our dreams and made them go sit in the corner and be quiet. Most of us though, we try

The Muse Has The Attention Span Of A Squirrel

It's 1996, I'm 8 years old, and there's a squirrel in the kitchen. A real-life actual squirrel, right in front of me. My little 8-year-old mind is in such awe. Mom and Dad are also in the kitchen. The back sliding

Create more. Consume less.

Knees weak. Arms are heavy. Fortunately there isn't vomit on my sweater... yet. And I don't eat spaghetti. But I'm still nervous. Nervous about this new direction. Nervous about this new commitment. Nervous about being seen. Nervous about being judged. By you. I wrote

Plogging

So I've been writing daily for a couple weeks now. Well, I've been Flow Writing a couple pages by hand most days for more than a year, but as far as "showing my work goes," I've only been blogging for two weeks.

Nothing

How do we create when we feel blocked? We show up to make something–whether it's writing, painting, or some other art or craft we've dedicated ourselves to–and find that we have nothing. We stare at that blank page, canvas, or screen and feel we

Resilience

Living from the heart, creative living, is one battle after another against Resistance. Resistance will inevitably win some battles. As long as Resistance doesn't win the war, then we're good. But when Resistance does win, our greatest ally is Resilience. Resilience is how quickly we get

Inspiration and Resistance

No pressure. What are the odds that anyone will even read this? Super low. Exactly how I like it. No pressure to write a certain way. No pressure to deliver value to a big, diverse audience. Just me, my laptop, and my thoughts. But if there isn't an

Make Stuff Every Day

Yes! YES! A big yes to this blank screen. I love it. Just try to stop me, Resistance. Okay, what am I writing about today? What is alive for me? Being creative. Creating. Consistently creating. Consistently creating and putting it out there for others to find, but not worrying at

Blank Pages

Here I am again, staring at a blank page. It’s a Thursday evening, early September, I’m in my office at my desk and it is the second day in a row that I am working on my craft (writing) after 8pm. My office is glowing red, no white

Orange Bucket

It's 2016 and I'm sitting at my desk, waiting for the clock to strike noon. I'm in the office, at my computer, pretending to work at the last "real job" I would ever work at, just counting down the minutes. I'

My Dream Car

I've dreamed of having a Cybertruck for years. There's a pure, genuine desire in my heart for one. You could say that my heart demands a Cybertruck. And Florence Scovel Shinn says, "There is a supply for every demand." So where's my