509 - Hack Motivation to Begin AND Finish Well + Unlock Creative Self with These Questions

Creative Pep Talk

Education, Business, Arts, Design

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. ---This episode is for you if you are: 1 - A beginner trying to make a splash2 - A seasoned creative who needs to try something new3 - Stuck and uninspired and lost the love of making stuff We are all beginners at some point and we become beginners again and again at different aspects of our creative journey repeatedly. With times rapidly changing, this has never been more true. In this Q&A episode of the show, we explore how to begin well, but also, maybe more importantly how to end and finish projects well. This is a fan favorite type Q&A “Ask Dr. Pizza” episode :) SHOW NOTES: Co-Writing / Editing: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com 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.
0:20.7	Okay, we're going to talk about what do you do when you're just starting out?
0:25.2	Because we got a lot of beginners that listen to this show too, and as well as the seasoned folks.
0:31.6	And even if you're a seasoned folk, you've got to start over all kinds of things, all kinds of times.
0:37.8	So we're always in that beginner mindset.
0:41.2	So we're going to talk a little bit about what I think is really important if you're
0:44.0	in one of those stages where you're starting something new.
0:46.3	We're also going to talk about how do you stay focused, not just long enough to start
0:51.4	something, but to finish something as an ADHD person who has
0:54.4	finished a few things. I have a lot of thoughts on that that I hope will help you. These have been
1:00.1	freshly helping me recently in a very important way. So I'm excited to get into some details around
1:08.8	what really helps me stay motivated and start and finish things.
1:13.2	And stick around to the end of this episode.
1:15.5	We're going to do a CTA, our call to adventure, how to do something right now that's going to
1:20.2	help you do this stuff, not just be inspired, but do it.
1:24.8	And it's called date yourself, okay?
1:29.6	Excited about that. Can't wait for you to get there.
1:32.6	And, um, yeah, let's get into it. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace.
1:46.0	I love Squarespace.
1:48.1	I'm a long time user.
1:49.8	One of the things I love about Squarespace is I will use, it's so easy to use that I will use it to create pitches.
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