385 - How to Reverse Engineer What Creative Goal to Focus On Next

Creative Pep Talk

Education, Business, Arts, Design

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Asking yourself “what do I want?” Or “what is my creative goal?” can be a kind of chaotic and overwhelming type of Pandora’s box for creatives. We’re just too good at coming up with new ideas for possible futures! How do you know what to work on next? In this episode we explore a working backwards approach to finding the next area of focus. This was helpful in my own practice at this very moment. Hope the same is true for you! Creative Pathfinder Series Episode 1 of 3

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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.
0:11.1	Sometimes you just need a creative pep song.
0:15.5	Hey, you're listening to the Creative Pep Talk podcast.
0:24.9	I'm your host, Andy J.
0:26.3	Pizza.
0:27.3	There are few Pandora's boxes for the creative, like that question.
0:35.4	What do you want?
0:37.5	What are your goals?
0:38.8	I feel like Ryan Gosling asking Rachel McAdams, what do you want?
0:44.4	It's not that simple.
0:45.7	What do you want?
0:47.5	Like that's how I feel when I'm asking myself, what are your goals?
0:51.8	That's from the notebook.
0:53.2	I don't know if I mentioned that.
0:56.2	Your imagination and your insecurities just start running wild if you're anything like
1:01.3	me.
1:02.3	When you start thinking, what do I want?
1:03.5	What are my goals?
1:04.6	Because all of a sudden you're distracted by the 35 of your childhood dreams that you've
1:09.2	achieved.
1:10.3	3% of the idea of opening up yourself to wanting anything ever again just feels like
1:18.3	opening yourself up to another heartbreak.
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