Creative Pep Talk

Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter here: andyjpizza.substack.com [http://andyjpizza.substack.com/] --- Are you overwhelmed pretty much no matter what you do? Are you overwhelmed by long to do lists? Short ones? Complex and simple ones? In this episode I will share a recent shift that has made a big impact on me that resulted in me feeling less overwhelmed and more able to be creatively productive. SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co [http://sophiemiller.co/] Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co [http://pendingbeautiful.co/] Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com [http://whywithaquestionmark.com/] John Cleese on Creativity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvKeu46jgwo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvKeu46jgwo] Cal Newport https://calnewport.com [https://calnewport.com/] SPONSORS: SQUARESPACE Head to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK [https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK] to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Feel like things have changed or are always changing? Do you find yourself changing yourself to fit? Where do you really want to be? In this episode I am joined by artist and author, Morgan Harper Nichols. We discuss envisioning a future for yourself that you actually want to go towards and how to find the right creative home within all the possibilities. https://morganharpernichols.com [https://morganharpernichols.com] ------ Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter here: andyjpizza.substack.com [http://andyjpizza.substack.com/]   SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co [http://sophiemiller.co/] Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co [http://pendingbeautiful.co/] Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com [http://whywithaquestionmark.com/] SPONSORS: SQUARESPACE Head to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK [https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK] to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter here: andyjpizza.substack.com [http://andyjpizza.substack.com/]  If you THINK more about making stuff than actually making stuff, this episode is for you! I tell a story that helped me realize that going the right way is overrated and what to do instead. SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co [http://sophiemiller.co/] Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co [http://pendingbeautiful.co/] Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com [http://whywithaquestionmark.com/] War of Art by Stephen Pressfield https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/ [https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/] Cal Newport Deep Work https://calnewport.com/writing/ [https://calnewport.com/writing/] Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey https://mwp.com/product/writers-journey-25th-anniversary-edition-mythic-structure-writers/ [https://mwp.com/product/writers-journey-25th-anniversary-edition-mythic-structure-writers/] Brian McDonald Invisible Ink https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/invisible-ink-stewart-stern/1146054340 [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/invisible-ink-stewart-stern/1146054340] SPONSORS: SQUARESPACE Head to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK [https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK] to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

How do you develop discipline as an artist? Can you hack your behavior and form creative habits? What tips or tricks could help you to create more often AND more confidently? In this episode I'm joined by Eisner Award winning cartoonist Sophie Yanow. Sophie has so much insight on this topic and found great value in creating what she calls a 'Gentle Comics Habit'. We talk starting, stacking and bundling habits and what it all achieved. Discuss this episode, share creative wins and obstacles at our next monthly meetup! Join this month’s Creative Pep Rally by supporting the show on Substack or Patreon: andyjpizza.substack.com [http://andyjpizza.substack.com/] https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk [https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk] Photo credit: Michael Worful SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co [http://sophiemiller.co/] Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co [http://pendingbeautiful.co/] Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com [http://whywithaquestionmark.com/] https://www.sophieyanow.com/ [https://www.sophieyanow.com/] https://www.instagram.com/sophieyanow [https://www.instagram.com/sophieyanow] GABRIELLE BELL https://gabriellebell.com/ [https://gabriellebell.com/] JAMES CLEAR https://jamesclear.com/habits [https://jamesclear.com/habits] BJ FOGG https://tinyhabits.com/ [https://tinyhabits.com/] SPONSORS: SQUARESPACE Head to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK [https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK] to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Discuss this episode, share creative wins and obstacles at our next monthly meetup! Join this month’s Creative Pep Rally by supporting the show on Substack or Patreon: andyjpizza.substack.com [http://andyjpizza.substack.com/] https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk [https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk] If you’re like me, you have more trouble with following through with ideas than you do coming up with new ideas. I am a serial quitter. I have ADHD and I am often working on 5 things at once. BUT. In this episode I want to share 5 things that have helped me stay consistent long enough to make 500 episodes of the same podcast, publish over 10 books and work with clients like X-Box, Nickelodeon and Apple over the past 15 years. This episode ends with a CALL TO ADVENTURE called “MAKE SUM-THING OF YOURSELF”. This action is something you can do in an instant, that in my experience INSTANTLY increases your ability to follow through and achieve what you set out to achieve. SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co [http://sophiemiller.co/] Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co [http://pendingbeautiful.co/] Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com [http://whywithaquestionmark.com/] Susan David - Emotional Agility https://www.susandavid.com/book/ [https://www.susandavid.com/book/] Steven Pressfield - The War of Art  https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/ [https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/] Julian Glander on Creative Pep Talk https://www.creativepeptalk.com/474-the-obstacle-is-the-swagway-with-julian-glander/ [https://www.creativepeptalk.com/474-the-obstacle-is-the-swagway-with-julian-glander/] Sophie Yanow https://www.sophieyanow.com [https://www.sophieyanow.com/] James Clear - Atomic Habits https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits [https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits] Undermining Children’s Intrinsic Interest with Extrinsic Rewards: A Test of the ‘Overjustification’ Hypothesis https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281453299_Undermining_Children's_Intrinsic_Interest_with_Extrinsic_Reward_A_Test_of_the_Overjustification_Hypothesis [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281453299_Undermining_Children's_Intrinsic_Interest_with_Extrinsic_Reward_A_Test_of_the_Overjustification_Hypothesis] SPONSORS: SQUARESPACE Head to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK [https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK] to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]