Welcome back to State of the Workflow. My guest this time is Quinn Nelson. Quinn produces

tech-focused YouTube videos on the SNASY Labs YouTube channel. And while of course I wanted to talk

to him about how he thinks about his creative work, I wanted to do something a little bit different

this time. Throughout the series so far, I've been focusing on how people work when things are ideal for them,

when they're in their flow, they're producing content that they care about, and everything's great.

But what happens when your life gets turned upside down and your whole routine changes?

How do you continue to do what you want to do?

I became apparent a year ago, and that threw me into this world,

trying to navigate a new reality of schedule pressure, lack of sleep, fear of risk and emotional

adaptation. And so was Quinn. He also became a first time father a year ago too. So I wanted to

have him on the show to take a look at how a creative person can adapt to huge

shifts in their life. But look, this episode, it is not a parenting special. It's looking at how

you handle an all-encompassing systems-breaking life event. What happens when your creative workflow

collides with brand new, non-negotiable constraints. How do you work around and with that to continue

your creative output? When your time, your energy and your attention suddenly becomes scarce,

how do you rebuild your creative life? That's what we're going to get into on this episode.

So Quinn, I want to start by asking you the question I ask every one of my guests.

What device is the most important for you for getting your work done right now?

You know, I'm going to probably be the weird guy and say my M5 iPad Pro.

Oh.

That is the device that I use the most.

Now, I'm trying to scan back through the previous episodes. I believe you are the first

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