Learn about your creative process
Starting in March 2024, moving to Substack. But check here for blog posts on creativity, the creative process and how to hack creative growth.
Start here: Starting concepts
Procrastination, marination, freezing and the Inner Critic
Creativity and interoception (physiological self-awareness)
The ‘Third Layer’ process itself
The Creative Foundation and Creativity Pyramid
Having a creative barrier? Enter in a search term (emotions, procrastination, etc) here:
Why go horizontal before you go vertical
So go ahead and get creative. Get a second opinion. Or a third. Come up with five horizontally equal ways to ask your boss for a raise, before you pick one to go vertical on. If you’re young, it could make the difference of a million dollars over your lifetime.
Gravity problems vs tangible and intangible issues
When it comes to our creativity, what’s a gravity problem, what’s a tangible barrier, and what’s an intangible block?
Writing: Self-awareness vs rumination
Writing can improve your mental health, but the writing should elicit self-awareness (not rumination).
The mathematics of joy
Start a list.
Write down 3-5 things that bring you joy.
Over the next week or two, continue to add things until you reach 100.