Hey y'all just a quick heads up the episode you're about to listen to is 8 to 10 years old

now these episodes were intended to be evergreen and I still believe there's a lot of good

information in these early episodes, but I do want to let you know that some of my ideas have evolved

over time. Times have changed since we made these episodes and ultimately I'd like to think I've grown

a lot as an artist and a human and that these don't necessarily represent my best work or the best of the podcast.

If you're new around here, I suggest starting with the most recent episode or

at least go back to around 300 and move forward from there.

Enjoy the episode. All right, it's the Creative Pep Talk Podcast, and this is your...

All right, it's the Creative Pep Talk Podcast and this is your host Andy J Miller, commercial artist, illustrator design sort of guy.

And this is my podcast. I don't know if I already said it, the

Creative Pep Talk Podcast. And this is where I peep you up. It's for commercial artists, people that want to make money doing their art.

And you know, my version of success and what these opinions kind of pertain to are helping you have breakthroughs, finding that creative thing that you can do that you love to do that fulfills you that meets a high demand in the commercial marketplace.

That's what this show's about.

That doesn't sound like your thing.

Then get out of here.

I don't need you.

Today what I was thinking about

was this idea of the fear of missing out.

You know, it's one of the strongest threads I think throughout our culture right now.

You know, I think with a constant barrage of information

flowing at you from every everywhere you go, everywhere you go, coming through your phone and your computer,

you're constantly seeing what other people are doing

...