July 26, 2023 • 18 mins
Join me this week as I share the top two things I’ve learned about Creative Process + Creative Practice in the past year of podcasting.
I share:
- How to know when you’re actually ready to start a project idea
- How I’ve developed a creative process that follows flow, intuition, curiosities, and what’s showing up in my life.
- How a *consistent* practice (I talk about my relationship with consistency) changed the way I relate to my creativity - I have so much more trust and belief in giving voice to the ideas that are coming to me
- I also share my exact process for developing podcast episodes - from how I come up to ideas to the workflow I follow.
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Scarlett 2i2 USB (00:24):
Welcome to today's episode, What I've
Learned About Creative Processfrom a Year of Podcasting.
I'm coming up on a year since Ilaunched this podcast and I'm
reflecting a lot on things thatI just totally did not expect to
get from podcasting.
(00:44):
And now just podcasting, but forme, a consistent creative
practice.
Publishing every week, exceptfor I think three weeks I've
missed, in the past year hastaught me a lot.
I often say I'm not like aconsistent creative output-er I
don't like that word, but.
I like to listen to the flow andlisten to what's calling to me.
(01:10):
But I committed to doing thispodcast.
I should say, when I committedto doing this podcast last year,
I committed to myself to doing50 episodes.
And today is episode 49.
I'm going to keep going.
But for me to commit to that, Ireally did not know how I was
going to do it.
I didn't know how I was going toshow up week over week.
(01:31):
I didn't know how I was going tocreate this body of work that I
didn't have totally definedbefore I began.
And I want to talk about the twothings I really learned about
that today, because I think forme, it's been very profound and
I know that this is somethingthat a lot of creative people
struggle with.
Consistency, or feelingconsistent, showing up in
(01:52):
publishing, even when you maynot feel like it, trusting
yourself to keep iterating andhaving ideas, trusting your
voice.
And following that, I'mbeginning to talk about things
that I don't think I totallyplanned on talking about when I
first started a year ago.
But I'm trusting that path formyself and these callings that I
feel.
(02:12):
So I'm going to share the twothings that really stick out to
me about consistently podcastingfor a year, having a consistent
creative process and practice.
And my hope is that sharingthese with you will make you do
something that you're thinkingabout doing.
Maybe you've been thinking aboutstarting a creative project,
(02:33):
whether it's a podcast or Idon't know, vlogging or a daily
practice, or a hundred daychallenge or anything.
My hope is that these two piecesof information I'm going to
share with you will be likepuzzle pieces that maybe you've
been looking for informationaround and also give you the
encouragement to commit and seewhat happens.
(02:56):
Because here's the thing I didcommit to doing 50 episodes.
But at any point I could havequit.
Right?
I could have decided I'm notdoing this anymore.
And especially if it felt likeintegrity to me to not do it
anymore, I could have totallydone that.
So, I think we put a lot ofweight in committing to things.
But it's okay to commit tothings and change your mind if
(03:19):
you get more information andthat's what feels right to you.
So, I guess I'll leave thatbelief that I've developed over
the past year, because a yearago when I committed to this, I
don't think I would've said thesame thing, but I have changed a
lot of my views about consistentcreative process and practice
over the past year.
And I'm so grateful for thesetwo things that I've learned.
I've learned, you know, morethan two things, but the two I'm
(03:40):
sharing with you today.
So the first thing is that Ididn't let myself start, I put
quotes there, air quotes, untilI had 50 podcast ideas.
And what's really interesting tome is that I've probably
recorded somewhere between eightand 10 of them over the past
year.
And they were more towards thebeginning.
I'm very glad that I had thoseideas as backups, or like a
(04:04):
reserve.
But I see now that I didn'treally fully trust myself to
show up consistently, I put thatin air quotes too, and that I
didn't trust myself to haveconsistent ideas.
I think my thought and my fearwas like, what if I run out of
ideas?
What if I have like writer'sblock or podcasters block,
whatever that would be called.
(04:26):
What if I have terrible ideasand I don't have anything good
that I want to share, likethat's where this was coming
from.
And I do think it's a good ideato have in this case, a
repository of ideas in otherprojects, there would be other
examples of that.
And I don't think that we shouldhold ourselves back from
starting something when you havean idea that is speaking to you
(04:49):
and that you feel some pressureor urgency or calling to share
with the world.
I think there's a balance here.
And I think that part of this isknowing yourself.
I am someone, it's so funny, I'mkind of like I will take big
risks, but I'm also a riskaverse person.
So I know myself well enough toknow that I probably would have
thrived if I had had 20 ideas ina reserve, like a bank of ideas.
(05:14):
I didn't need to wait until Ihad 50, like all 50 ideas mapped
out because I haven't ended upusing them.
And part of that is I have letthis body of work.
Form kind of organically.
I do it week by week now as I amliving, and moving through the
world, and thinking, and takinga new information and learning.
(05:35):
I get more ideas that I want toshare.
And I'm, I feel like I'mrefining my point of view.
And so it's kind of a gas breaksituation.
I think, where you need to knowyourself well enough to know how
much support, maybe foundation,safety and security, do you
need?
And also trusting yourself, andletting yourself stretch, and
(05:56):
knowing that even when it's hardyou will show up and figure out
something and it might be evenbetter than if you had
pre-planned it all.
That's one of the biggest thingsI've learned.
If I had set out, in thisproject and I picked my 50
topics last year, and then weekby week, I just recorded them.
(06:18):
And I just like spoke to what Ihad chosen.
I would be so bored.
I'm guessing that you wouldprobably be bored, if you're
listening to this.
Because it's not dynamic, right?
If I were doing that, I wouldn'tbe taking in information, and
paying attention in my life, andlearning, and letting myself
change, and constantly exploringmy own growth edges, and the
(06:42):
edges of my awareness of what isinteresting to me.
That is what has made thisproject compelling and
interesting to me, and hashelped me continue to show up
with the same dedication that Istarted with in the beginning.
And that just feels like a veryimportant, fine point for me to
have learned- this idea of howdo I support myself, and give
(07:05):
myself the safety and securitythat I might want when I'm
trying something new for thefirst time, when I'm learning a
new medium, I had not done audiobefore, and that was very
different for me to learn.
And also, how can I trust myselfthat I will continue to develop
and grow, and find thingsinteresting, and expanding my
(07:25):
perspective, and that that will,and I hope it does inform what I
want to share in my messaging.
So, if you are again, thinkingabout a project for yourself, or
maybe you've had something onyour mind to do, I would say to
know yourself and know how tomeet your safety and security
(07:46):
needs, but also trust yourselfto stretch and grow and
incorporate what you're learningalong the way, as you pursue
your project because that iswhat will make your project even
more dynamic, and morecompelling to you.
And something that is a living,breathing body of work, not
something that you are just kindof executing an idea from a year
ago.
(08:07):
Okay.
So that was takeaway number one.
Takeaway number two is what Ihave learned about my literal
creative process.
And when I say literal, I meanlike literally my creative
process- how I show up for mycreativity.
I am not an everyday person.
(08:28):
I'm very much a proponent ofdaily- ish, which means doing
things consistently but notevery day.
I'm just not a fan of doingsomething out of compulsion, or
forcing yourself, or when youreally don't want to do
something.
I would much rather, and this iswhat I do, I wake up and what do
I need today?
What do I want today?
(08:49):
Do I want to go for a walk?
Do I want to write?
Do I want to read?
Do I want to meditate?
Do I want to walk on atreadmill?
Do I want to go sit in a coffeeshop and people watch?
All of these things I check inand see what I really am wanting
and needing, rather than I justdo the same thing every single
day.
And I know that serves somepeople, I'm not knocking it, but
(09:11):
it doesn't serve me.
It's not how my brain works.
And so I've stopped forcingmyself to try to do things that
way.
So in that I feel like I'm nota, I guess my stories about
myself or my beliefs, is thatI'm not a super consistent
person, or I struggle withconsistency because I am not
doing the same thing everysingle day.
And so then when I looked atdoing something every single
(09:32):
week, I had some anxiety aboutthat.
Like, am I going to be able toshow up and fulfill my
commitment to do this for 50episodes, and do it from a place
of care, and sharing, andinterest and exploration, not
just because I said I was goingto do this thing and that's why
I keep showing up.
(09:53):
That's not the energy that Iwant to create from, and it's
not the energy I want to sharefrom.
So I was nervous aboutcommitting to a year long
project, because I knew Iwouldn't significantly shift the
focus of this podcast.
I wouldn't rebrand it.
I wasn't gonna get 10 episodesin and then change the ethos of
(10:14):
it completely.
It's something that I, I wantedto challenge myself to create
this consistent, that's funnythat I picked that word,
consistent body of work.
Consistent as in weekly, and seewhat it became.
I chose a topic and a title thatI felt was specific, and
something that I'm passionateabout- momentum in your creative
(10:36):
practice.
But also broad enough that Icould explore, and allow it to
shift, and build, and becomewhat it has become.
But I struggled in the beginningwith worrying, would I get
bored?
Would I want to quit.
The answers to those are yes andyes.
But that is mostly due to theway that I approached it in the
(10:58):
beginning.
Like I said a few minutes ago, Iwanted to work ahead, I had
these 50 ideas.
I wanted to have podcasts loadedlike a month in advance because
I thought that that was the mostprofessional way to do it.
And I had that list of 50 ideasthat I could have just recorded
and executed, and that made mefeel safe enough to move forward
into the uncertainty and unknownof creating a podcast that I
(11:22):
really didn't know where it wasgoing to take me, or what it was
going to become.
But what I learned about myself,and MY unique creative practice
and process, is this (11:32):
I like to open myself up and see what is
interesting to me right now,what is at the edges of my
awareness, what is gentlypulling at me.
Hearing the answers to thesequestions has required me to
build way, way, way, way morespace into my schedule than I
(11:54):
ever have.
And I'm going to share somespecifics here because I think
it's very informative.
So this is the way I've begun toapproach podcasts episodes, and
what I'm going to share and talkabout.
But I hope that you'll be ableto hear how different and how
much growth is in this processrather, or versus, when I was
(12:14):
starting out and I had my 50ideas and I thought I was just
going to execute them and like,bam, bam, bam.
Here is what my practice and myprocess looks like right now.
I'm having space in my schedule,so I'm not constantly busy and
learning and taking a newinformation and talking and
engaging.
I need space now to think, andto explore.
(12:38):
And usually I'm doing somethingunrelated to work or the
podcast.
Like walking, driving, cooking,something that I'm engaged in,
but my mind is also working onother things in the background.
And I like to think that I'mjust open and paying attention.
And I get these whispers of anidea.
(12:58):
And I know something is therewhen I feel some excitement and
a desire to know more.
So, what I start doing isjotting down what is top of mind
for me.
What do I know right now?
What is swirling around in myhead right now?
And then often more keeps comingas I start, I usually type it
out on my phone into a note.
(13:19):
And I've written whole podcastepisodes like this and like five
or 10 minutes.
Where the information just feelslike it's just like, downloading
so fast.
Like I can't get it out fastenough.
Then I usually let it sit for aday or two and see if anything
else is germinating, or if mymind creates any other
connections.
(13:39):
I always tell people that I workwith, like, let's plant the
seed, and then go do somethingelse and your mind will continue
to work on something and problemsolve and start spitting out
ideas for you.
So that's this practice likeimplemented.
So I let my mind to do itsthing.
See if there's any moreconnections, anything
germinating.
And then I will sit down andrecord.
(14:00):
And I do write an outline ofsorts, usually.
But I rarely write a full scriptanymore.
I definitely did in thebeginning.
And when I'm speaking to theoutline, I usually gain more
connections as I'm talking andprocessing out loud, and it has
been absolutely fascinating tolearn this about myself and my
(14:21):
creative process.
And I feel so much more trustthan I did before.
In myself, in the creativeforces that we are all tapped
into, in there being some reasonthat I am meant to give voice
and language to the idea that ishovering around me.
That's kind of what it feelslike to me.
I used to spend so much time, Icannot even tell you how much
(14:44):
time doubting.
I would question, is thisworthy?
Will this make a difference inthe world?
Who cares?
Is a self-absorbed?
That was a huge one for me.
And let me tell you, recording apodcast every week and just like
talking into a microphone, andthen putting it on a public
forum feels very self-absorbedfor someone that is like hyper
(15:04):
concerned about that.
But now I know, and I do thinkthat this weekly publishing
schedule has helped me findthis, it doesn't have to be
Nobel prize worthy for me toshare it.
I think this to myself all thetime, who knows what me giving
voice to this idea, often it'ssomething that I am still coming
(15:25):
to fully understand myself, butwho knows what me giving voice
to this will create.
Will it give someone else apuzzle piece of information that
they are seeking?
Or have been seeking?
Will it continue to build in mymind into something else or
branch off?
I have so much more trust in thepractice and the process than
(15:48):
ever before.
Feeling nudged to sharesomething is now a quote, good
enough, and actually in myopinion, the best reason to
share.
I did not have this intactbefore starting this podcast.
And it feels like the biggestgift to have figured this out
(16:09):
for myself and to really fullybelieve it.
Who knows what I will go on toshare when I have this level of
trust and curiosity and opennessas my foundation.
I cannot wait to find out.
Okay, that is what I have foryou today.
I hope that these two takeaways,that I have learned from
(16:31):
committing to maybe my longestcreative practice, like
consistently, helps you feelinspired or gives you the
confidence to commit tosomething that you've been
thinking about, or maybe totrust an idea that feels like
it's been tugging at you thatmaybe you haven't felt totally
prepared to commit to yet.
(16:53):
Remember, you can commit rightnow with the best information
that you have, and you cantotally change your mind too.
That is valid.
I think, you would agree with methat let's just maybe get a
little morbid right here, but ifyou got to the end of your life,
and you were going through anaccounting of all of the things
that you've done, that you wouldfeel so much gratitude to
(17:16):
yourself for the things that youpursued, and then allowed to
change course.
Rather than you didn't letyourself try something because
you weren't sure how it wasgoing to work out, you've
weren't sure if you would beable to do it, you weren't sure
what it would become for you.
That is something that I havecome to firmly believe- I would
so much rather try, and start,and allow something to lead me,
(17:40):
and change course, then to notlet myself start because I'm not
sure where it's going to go, orI'm not sure how it's going to
work out.
I am so glad that you were hereand then we get to walk our
paths together.
See you next time.
Same time, same place.
Bye for now.
Welcome to today's episode, What I've
Learned About Creative Processfrom a Year of Podcasting.
I'm coming up on a year since Ilaunched this podcast and I'm
reflecting a lot on things thatI just totally did not expect to
get from podcasting.
(00:44):
And now just podcasting, but forme, a consistent creative
practice.
Publishing every week, exceptfor I think three weeks I've
missed, in the past year hastaught me a lot.
I often say I'm not like aconsistent creative output-er I
don't like that word, but.
I like to listen to the flow andlisten to what's calling to me.
(01:10):
But I committed to doing thispodcast.
I should say, when I committedto doing this podcast last year,
I committed to myself to doing50 episodes.
And today is episode 49.
I'm going to keep going.
But for me to commit to that, Ireally did not know how I was
going to do it.
I didn't know how I was going toshow up week over week.
(01:31):
I didn't know how I was going tocreate this body of work that I
didn't have totally definedbefore I began.
And I want to talk about the twothings I really learned about
that today, because I think forme, it's been very profound and
I know that this is somethingthat a lot of creative people
struggle with.
Consistency, or feelingconsistent, showing up in
(01:52):
publishing, even when you maynot feel like it, trusting
yourself to keep iterating andhaving ideas, trusting your
voice.
And following that, I'mbeginning to talk about things
that I don't think I totallyplanned on talking about when I
first started a year ago.
But I'm trusting that path formyself and these callings that I
feel.
(02:12):
So I'm going to share the twothings that really stick out to
me about consistently podcastingfor a year, having a consistent
creative process and practice.
And my hope is that sharingthese with you will make you do
something that you're thinkingabout doing.
Maybe you've been thinking aboutstarting a creative project,
(02:33):
whether it's a podcast or Idon't know, vlogging or a daily
practice, or a hundred daychallenge or anything.
My hope is that these two piecesof information I'm going to
share with you will be likepuzzle pieces that maybe you've
been looking for informationaround and also give you the
encouragement to commit and seewhat happens.
(02:56):
Because here's the thing I didcommit to doing 50 episodes.
But at any point I could havequit.
Right?
I could have decided I'm notdoing this anymore.
And especially if it felt likeintegrity to me to not do it
anymore, I could have totallydone that.
So, I think we put a lot ofweight in committing to things.
But it's okay to commit tothings and change your mind if
(03:19):
you get more information andthat's what feels right to you.
So, I guess I'll leave thatbelief that I've developed over
the past year, because a yearago when I committed to this, I
don't think I would've said thesame thing, but I have changed a
lot of my views about consistentcreative process and practice
over the past year.
And I'm so grateful for thesetwo things that I've learned.
I've learned, you know, morethan two things, but the two I'm
(03:40):
sharing with you today.
So the first thing is that Ididn't let myself start, I put
quotes there, air quotes, untilI had 50 podcast ideas.
And what's really interesting tome is that I've probably
recorded somewhere between eightand 10 of them over the past
year.
And they were more towards thebeginning.
I'm very glad that I had thoseideas as backups, or like a
(04:04):
reserve.
But I see now that I didn'treally fully trust myself to
show up consistently, I put thatin air quotes too, and that I
didn't trust myself to haveconsistent ideas.
I think my thought and my fearwas like, what if I run out of
ideas?
What if I have like writer'sblock or podcasters block,
whatever that would be called.
(04:26):
What if I have terrible ideasand I don't have anything good
that I want to share, likethat's where this was coming
from.
And I do think it's a good ideato have in this case, a
repository of ideas in otherprojects, there would be other
examples of that.
And I don't think that we shouldhold ourselves back from
starting something when you havean idea that is speaking to you
(04:49):
and that you feel some pressureor urgency or calling to share
with the world.
I think there's a balance here.
And I think that part of this isknowing yourself.
I am someone, it's so funny, I'mkind of like I will take big
risks, but I'm also a riskaverse person.
So I know myself well enough toknow that I probably would have
thrived if I had had 20 ideas ina reserve, like a bank of ideas.
(05:14):
I didn't need to wait until Ihad 50, like all 50 ideas mapped
out because I haven't ended upusing them.
And part of that is I have letthis body of work.
Form kind of organically.
I do it week by week now as I amliving, and moving through the
world, and thinking, and takinga new information and learning.
(05:35):
I get more ideas that I want toshare.
And I'm, I feel like I'mrefining my point of view.
And so it's kind of a gas breaksituation.
I think, where you need to knowyourself well enough to know how
much support, maybe foundation,safety and security, do you
need?
And also trusting yourself, andletting yourself stretch, and
(05:56):
knowing that even when it's hardyou will show up and figure out
something and it might be evenbetter than if you had
pre-planned it all.
That's one of the biggest thingsI've learned.
If I had set out, in thisproject and I picked my 50
topics last year, and then weekby week, I just recorded them.
(06:18):
And I just like spoke to what Ihad chosen.
I would be so bored.
I'm guessing that you wouldprobably be bored, if you're
listening to this.
Because it's not dynamic, right?
If I were doing that, I wouldn'tbe taking in information, and
paying attention in my life, andlearning, and letting myself
change, and constantly exploringmy own growth edges, and the
(06:42):
edges of my awareness of what isinteresting to me.
That is what has made thisproject compelling and
interesting to me, and hashelped me continue to show up
with the same dedication that Istarted with in the beginning.
And that just feels like a veryimportant, fine point for me to
have learned- this idea of howdo I support myself, and give
(07:05):
myself the safety and securitythat I might want when I'm
trying something new for thefirst time, when I'm learning a
new medium, I had not done audiobefore, and that was very
different for me to learn.
And also, how can I trust myselfthat I will continue to develop
and grow, and find thingsinteresting, and expanding my
(07:25):
perspective, and that that will,and I hope it does inform what I
want to share in my messaging.
So, if you are again, thinkingabout a project for yourself, or
maybe you've had something onyour mind to do, I would say to
know yourself and know how tomeet your safety and security
(07:46):
needs, but also trust yourselfto stretch and grow and
incorporate what you're learningalong the way, as you pursue
your project because that iswhat will make your project even
more dynamic, and morecompelling to you.
And something that is a living,breathing body of work, not
something that you are just kindof executing an idea from a year
ago.
(08:07):
Okay.
So that was takeaway number one.
Takeaway number two is what Ihave learned about my literal
creative process.
And when I say literal, I meanlike literally my creative
process- how I show up for mycreativity.
I am not an everyday person.
(08:28):
I'm very much a proponent ofdaily- ish, which means doing
things consistently but notevery day.
I'm just not a fan of doingsomething out of compulsion, or
forcing yourself, or when youreally don't want to do
something.
I would much rather, and this iswhat I do, I wake up and what do
I need today?
What do I want today?
(08:49):
Do I want to go for a walk?
Do I want to write?
Do I want to read?
Do I want to meditate?
Do I want to walk on atreadmill?
Do I want to go sit in a coffeeshop and people watch?
All of these things I check inand see what I really am wanting
and needing, rather than I justdo the same thing every single
day.
And I know that serves somepeople, I'm not knocking it, but
(09:11):
it doesn't serve me.
It's not how my brain works.
And so I've stopped forcingmyself to try to do things that
way.
So in that I feel like I'm nota, I guess my stories about
myself or my beliefs, is thatI'm not a super consistent
person, or I struggle withconsistency because I am not
doing the same thing everysingle day.
And so then when I looked atdoing something every single
(09:32):
week, I had some anxiety aboutthat.
Like, am I going to be able toshow up and fulfill my
commitment to do this for 50episodes, and do it from a place
of care, and sharing, andinterest and exploration, not
just because I said I was goingto do this thing and that's why
I keep showing up.
(09:53):
That's not the energy that Iwant to create from, and it's
not the energy I want to sharefrom.
So I was nervous aboutcommitting to a year long
project, because I knew Iwouldn't significantly shift the
focus of this podcast.
I wouldn't rebrand it.
I wasn't gonna get 10 episodesin and then change the ethos of
(10:14):
it completely.
It's something that I, I wantedto challenge myself to create
this consistent, that's funnythat I picked that word,
consistent body of work.
Consistent as in weekly, and seewhat it became.
I chose a topic and a title thatI felt was specific, and
something that I'm passionateabout- momentum in your creative
(10:36):
practice.
But also broad enough that Icould explore, and allow it to
shift, and build, and becomewhat it has become.
But I struggled in the beginningwith worrying, would I get
bored?
Would I want to quit.
The answers to those are yes andyes.
But that is mostly due to theway that I approached it in the
(10:58):
beginning.
Like I said a few minutes ago, Iwanted to work ahead, I had
these 50 ideas.
I wanted to have podcasts loadedlike a month in advance because
I thought that that was the mostprofessional way to do it.
And I had that list of 50 ideasthat I could have just recorded
and executed, and that made mefeel safe enough to move forward
into the uncertainty and unknownof creating a podcast that I
(11:22):
really didn't know where it wasgoing to take me, or what it was
going to become.
But what I learned about myself,and MY unique creative practice
and process, is this (11:32):
I like to open myself up and see what is
interesting to me right now,what is at the edges of my
awareness, what is gentlypulling at me.
Hearing the answers to thesequestions has required me to
build way, way, way, way morespace into my schedule than I
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ever have.
And I'm going to share somespecifics here because I think
it's very informative.
So this is the way I've begun toapproach podcasts episodes, and
what I'm going to share and talkabout.
But I hope that you'll be ableto hear how different and how
much growth is in this processrather, or versus, when I was
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starting out and I had my 50ideas and I thought I was just
going to execute them and like,bam, bam, bam.
Here is what my practice and myprocess looks like right now.
I'm having space in my schedule,so I'm not constantly busy and
learning and taking a newinformation and talking and
engaging.
I need space now to think, andto explore.
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And usually I'm doing somethingunrelated to work or the
podcast.
Like walking, driving, cooking,something that I'm engaged in,
but my mind is also working onother things in the background.
And I like to think that I'mjust open and paying attention.
And I get these whispers of anidea.
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And I know something is therewhen I feel some excitement and
a desire to know more.
So, what I start doing isjotting down what is top of mind
for me.
What do I know right now?
What is swirling around in myhead right now?
And then often more keeps comingas I start, I usually type it
out on my phone into a note.
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And I've written whole podcastepisodes like this and like five
or 10 minutes.
Where the information just feelslike it's just like, downloading
so fast.
Like I can't get it out fastenough.
Then I usually let it sit for aday or two and see if anything
else is germinating, or if mymind creates any other
connections.
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I always tell people that I workwith, like, let's plant the
seed, and then go do somethingelse and your mind will continue
to work on something and problemsolve and start spitting out
ideas for you.
So that's this practice likeimplemented.
So I let my mind to do itsthing.
See if there's any moreconnections, anything
germinating.
And then I will sit down andrecord.
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And I do write an outline ofsorts, usually.
But I rarely write a full scriptanymore.
I definitely did in thebeginning.
And when I'm speaking to theoutline, I usually gain more
connections as I'm talking andprocessing out loud, and it has
been absolutely fascinating tolearn this about myself and my
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creative process.
And I feel so much more trustthan I did before.
In myself, in the creativeforces that we are all tapped
into, in there being some reasonthat I am meant to give voice
and language to the idea that ishovering around me.
That's kind of what it feelslike to me.
I used to spend so much time, Icannot even tell you how much
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time doubting.
I would question, is thisworthy?
Will this make a difference inthe world?
Who cares?
Is a self-absorbed?
That was a huge one for me.
And let me tell you, recording apodcast every week and just like
talking into a microphone, andthen putting it on a public
forum feels very self-absorbedfor someone that is like hyper
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concerned about that.
But now I know, and I do thinkthat this weekly publishing
schedule has helped me findthis, it doesn't have to be
Nobel prize worthy for me toshare it.
I think this to myself all thetime, who knows what me giving
voice to this idea, often it'ssomething that I am still coming
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to fully understand myself, butwho knows what me giving voice
to this will create.
Will it give someone else apuzzle piece of information that
they are seeking?
Or have been seeking?
Will it continue to build in mymind into something else or
branch off?
I have so much more trust in thepractice and the process than
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ever before.
Feeling nudged to sharesomething is now a quote, good
enough, and actually in myopinion, the best reason to
share.
I did not have this intactbefore starting this podcast.
And it feels like the biggestgift to have figured this out
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for myself and to really fullybelieve it.
Who knows what I will go on toshare when I have this level of
trust and curiosity and opennessas my foundation.
I cannot wait to find out.
Okay, that is what I have foryou today.
I hope that these two takeaways,that I have learned from
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committing to maybe my longestcreative practice, like
consistently, helps you feelinspired or gives you the
confidence to commit tosomething that you've been
thinking about, or maybe totrust an idea that feels like
it's been tugging at you thatmaybe you haven't felt totally
prepared to commit to yet.
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Remember, you can commit rightnow with the best information
that you have, and you cantotally change your mind too.
That is valid.
I think, you would agree with methat let's just maybe get a
little morbid right here, but ifyou got to the end of your life,
and you were going through anaccounting of all of the things
that you've done, that you wouldfeel so much gratitude to
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yourself for the things that youpursued, and then allowed to
change course.
Rather than you didn't letyourself try something because
you weren't sure how it wasgoing to work out, you've
weren't sure if you would beable to do it, you weren't sure
what it would become for you.
That is something that I havecome to firmly believe- I would
so much rather try, and start,and allow something to lead me,
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and change course, then to notlet myself start because I'm not
sure where it's going to go, orI'm not sure how it's going to
work out.
I am so glad that you were hereand then we get to walk our
paths together.
See you next time.
Same time, same place.
Bye for now.
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