Creative burnout usually isn’t about working too hard. When you’re the CEO of your own life, the hardest part isn’t execution, it’s constantly wondering if you’re working on the right thing. This piece is a reflection on what burned me out, and the small mindset and scheduling shifts that help lower the stakes and make the work sustainable again.
Read MoreGrowth rarely feels like growth in the moment. Most of the time, it feels like confusion, ineptitude, and your brain struggling to keep up. I felt that firsthand on the first day of directing our rom-com series, when my brain completely broke and taught me what real growth actually looks like.
Read MoreMost people fear failure. The best creators use it as fuel to build their vision. “Failure” only exists in relationship to your definition of success. So, to make the creative process easier, change your definition of success. My definition of success in a creative project - specifically screenwriting, as that’s my mode of expression - is this: Did I write the movie script I set out to write?
Read MoreCreativity isn’t an exact science. When you start building something, you want it to be perfect from the very first spark. And nothing kills your momentum faster than realizing what you just made sucks. But it’s supposed to suck! It’s not fully formed yet - it’s just this delicate mass of ideas and features trying to find its form. It’s those who stick with their project through this early, ugly phase that come out the other side with something valuable. Stick with it.
Read MoreWealth isn’t a problem to be solved. It’s an opportunity to create. And the more you create, the better you get at creating. Your 1st million dollars is a lot harder to create than the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th million. This is because by the 4th million, you’ve gotten pretty good at creating wealth […]
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