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Creative Pep Talk

351 - Afraid You'll Never Catch Up? Give Up Trying and Do This Instead

Creative Pep Talk

Creative Pep Talk

Education, Business, Arts, Design

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

NFTs, 3D, AR, VR, YR. Oh you haven’t heard of YR?! Ya know, like YR are you googling what YR is. Is it because you’re curious or is it that you’re just afraid of being left behind? It’s very easy to be tempted to run your creative practice on FOBLB (Fear of Being Left Behind), but is this a renewable sustainable source of energy? Or will it leave you burnt out and depleted? It is true that in order to reach your creative potential and remain on your creative path over a lifetime that you need to be a lifelong learner. But in this episode I want to show you that you don’t just need to be, you actually definitely WANT to be too! If you’re overwhelmed by the pace of the world and tech’s evolution, this episode will help you find a cleaner fuel to run your creative practice on that will pep you to the max and help you push into new heights.

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0:00.0

On the creative journey, it's easy to get lost, but don't worry, you'll lift up.

0:11.0

Sometimes you just need a creative pep talk.

0:22.0

Hey, you are listening to the Creative Pep Talk podcast.

0:26.0

I am your host, Andy J.

0:29.0

Pizza today on the show.

0:32.0

Here's what I want to explore.

0:34.0

I want to explore the question of, you know, what do you want to be the animating energy behind making creative work in your everyday practice?

0:46.0

Like, I don't know about you, but there is a lot of anxiety and fear that can get, can worm its way into my overall everyday practice.

0:58.0

And I think some of that has to do with this sense of the world and tech is evolving at a much higher rate than we are.

1:10.0

I mean, ridiculously so.

1:13.0

NFTs, you know, I need to learn the next 3D, the software, the AR, the VR, the YR, as in why are you googling what the heck YR is out of a fear of being left behind?

1:26.0

I'm talking about not FOMO, I'm saying FOOBOUB, fear of being left behind.

1:35.0

My question is, is FOOBOUB the best fuel to run your practice on?

1:42.0

Just running around with your head cut off being like, okay, what's a new thing I got to learn?

1:47.0

What do I got to, what, you know, teach me the next thing?

1:51.0

Like, is that really what, that's why we got into this, isn't it? Just fear of being left behind.

1:57.0

That's why we picked up that pencil or that guitar or whatever.

2:01.0

Like, that's not what you want to create from.

2:04.0

It's not what I want to create from, but is there any other way?

2:08.0

Because you do got to be a lifelong learner as much as that idea might make you a little sick in your stomach.

2:18.0

Life-long learner just makes me feel ill.

2:21.0

But in this episode, I want to tell you how I've come to learn about that in a way that doesn't make me feel ill,

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