492 - 7 Steps I'd Take If I Was Starting My Creative Practice From Scratch in 2025

Creative Pep Talk

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🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Join our January Virtual Pep Rally by supporting on Substack or Patreon! andyjpizza.substack.com https://www.patreon.com/c/creativepeptalk Things change fast these days. If I started my creative practice in 2025 I would do things very differently than when I started out over 15 years ago. Tune into this episode to hear the 7 sequential steps I would take if I was starting out today. SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.co Audio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.co Soundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com SPONSORS: SQUARESPACE Head to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On the creative journey, it's easy to get lost, but don't worry, you'll lift off.
0:10.9	Sometimes you just need a creative pepsa.
0:20.6	Okay, so this is the seven steps that I would take in 2025 if I was starting my creative practice
0:29.6	today and I knew everything that I know today.
0:32.9	Having had a creative practice for over 15 years, something like that.
0:38.4	It's a creative practice, not a math practice.
0:41.4	I haven't practiced math in a long time.
0:43.7	Not a practicing math person.
0:47.1	Mathematician.
0:48.8	Anyway, here's what I would do if I was starting from scratch today.
0:54.7	And I'm doing this episode because, first of all, things change a lot.
0:59.2	So this is updated.
1:00.4	What I would do today is differently than I would do in a previously year.
1:08.6	You know, things change a lot and how I approach it changes.
1:13.4	And also, this is kind of, you know, some of these ideas are scattered throughout the podcast,
1:22.3	Creative Pep Talk that I've been doing for 10 years.
1:24.8	And so I thought, what if I just collect them all together?
1:28.3	And this will be kind of the best practices as I see them right now,
1:33.1	like the essential things to be doing in your creative practice dressing for the job you want, not the job you have.
1:54.3	And I have applied this to my creative practice too, which means if you want professional
1:59.3	results, you need to present online like a pro and that means
2:03.5	going beyond social media and having a professional website that reflects your style and looks legit.
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