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

Sometimes you just need a creative pep talk.

Hey, you're listening to the Creative Pep Talk podcast. I am your host, Andy J.

Pete's, there are times in the creative journey when you just feel stuck at this surface level with hordes of other creators that are in the exact same bow.

And they're looking down into the depths and thinking, man, I wish I was able to dive into the deep stuff like my favorite artists do.

And remember so many times starting out, hearing an artist has this ever happened to you where you're listening to one of your favorite artists and they just seem to have this incredibly rich, deep connection to the work that they're making.

And you just feel like that woman from Napoleon Dynamite, by and top of where like, I want that.

And I want what they have. I want that deep connection to my work. I want that kind of connection that feels cathartic with a flow that others can also deeply connect with.

And I'm not just talking about work that seems super deep, you know, about controversial topics or, you know, super overshary kind of stuff.

You could even just be decorative stuff, but you know the difference between decorative work that just is an amalgamation of the current trends out there versus the shapes and colors that seem to emanate from the soul of a creator.

Like there is a difference in that kind of authenticity.

And looking back on my own path, you know, one of the big breakthroughs that I had in this area came exactly as the same time that I got diagnosed with ADHD as an adult.

And now I've never wanted to do a whole episode on ADHD because that's not what this podcast is about.

And lots of you aren't going to be able to relate. Some of you definitely won't be able to, but it's just that's just not how we do this show. It's just not a topical deep dive into random topics.

But this episode is about as close as I'll get to that.

Not because my ADHD diagnosis caused the creative breakthrough into those depths, but rather because it's a clear side effect of what did that the thing that happened to me in that time caused me to get an ADHD diagnosis and caused me to have a breakthrough in my creativity.

What is that thing? That thing is entering the cave you fear to enter most, the cave of self reflection. And I'm not just talking about the good parts.

I'm, you know, I'm talking about the other parts too. So if you're scared, it's light of torch and tie up those carabiner's extra tight.

I don't really know how they do time up. I don't know. I've never mountain climb, but we're about to go spulunking into the depths of your own psyche. Let's go.

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