What do you do when your creativity is broken? On top of that, what do you do when you rely upon your creativity to make a living? Earlier this year, my creativity not only cracked, but shattered into a million pieces. I paused all my side projects, calling it creative hibernation. I kept producing work for my recurring clients to the best of my ability, but also got a job to help pay bills. As I talked with people about what I was going through, the messages I received went something like this: “Me too, I’m glad I’m not the only one.” In this episode of Getting Work To Work, I’m going to explore how my broken creativity manifests itself, and the tiny action steps I’m taking to put it all back together again.

1. Pause all non-essential projects and allow yourself to rest and refuel.
   
   
2. Listen for the return of your creative vision.
   
   
3. Take small action steps.
   
   
4. Connect with other people.
   
   
5. Try on old behaviors and see how they fit with new ideas.

• Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything is Changing—Including You by Brad Stulberg
  
  
• Nils van der Poel
  
  
• Kintsugi
  
  
• Midjourney prompt for episode art: broken creativity kintsugi repairing cracks –ar 16:9