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Hi friend,
Curing creative burnout is a weird thing to do.
Creativity is supposed to be fun and freeing. But when you’ve made an entire career out of creativity, it’s not always that.
We’re pushing our creativity to the max, putting major corporate guardrails around our creativity, and constantly being critiqued.
Cue: creative burnout.
I don’t know the exact way out, and to be honest, I’m trying to work myself out of it as I type.
I think one of the biggest problems is feeling like we have to follow a specific guide on getting out of creative burnout.
Plan out your content, scope out your work, create a consistent content calendar, start scheduling content again.
What if we just followed our guts (the very thing that brings us our creativity) on this one?
For me, that looks like not following a specific niche, writing more + writing freely, and getting out of my own self-doubting mind.
What could it look like for you? Maybe noodle on that one this week, friend.
with warmth + love,
N
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Speaking of that creative burnout, maybe you’re just feeling generally burned out.
If you’re struggling to feel motivated and get things done, research suggests trying “Skinner’s Law” which suggests we can manipulate our motivation by making the pain of not doing a task greater than the pain of doing it.
Here’s the related trick I’m trying this week:
Tell someone you’re trying to do something. This serves two purposes: you get praise and support from people if you accomplish it, and the fear of embarrassment or shame can keep you on task.
Case in point: I’m telling you I’m going to keep creating and making things more often. I don’t want to let you down! And you have permission to call me out if I don’t follow through.
✌️ until next week
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