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 Creative Pep Talk, a weekly podcast companion for your creative

journey.

I'm your host Andy J.

Pizza!

I'm a work time best selling author and illustrator and whether I'm illustrating for clients

like Apple and Xbox or creatively pep talking teams at Warby Parker or Sesame Street.

I aim to make stories that make people want to say yes to life.

I'm also ADHD and that means it takes a whole bunch of creativity just to get out of bed in the morning

and brush my teeth and put shoes on, let alone build a creative practice.

Well, I'm just sharing everything that's helping me do those things and I hope it helps

you build a more creative life as well.

Let's get into it.

What is the biggest obstacle or enemy to the creator?

I think if I was just coming up off the top of my head, I'd be thinking fear, doubt, money,

those all come up close to the top of the list, but I'd say nothing probably tops time.

Time is the ultimate creative enemy.

There's never enough time to take care of yourself, pay your bills, do the things that pay your bills

and also make the stuff that you want to make.

The list just is beyond what you are able to achieve.

It's why you get those lyrics and Hamilton about why do you write like you're running out of time

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