537 - Reignite Creative Drive with This Energizing New Year's Exercise

Creative Pep Talk

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🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Pre-Order “Mysterious Things” --- How do you get excited for the New Year when things feel so unstable? How do you get jazzed about planning and goals, when you don’t know what future you’re planning for? In times like these, I find it more effective to tap into the creative drives you already have, than working towards a future that may or may not come to pass. Tune in to check out the 3 creative drives and figure out which you can employ today to get excited about making creative work again! SHOW NOTES: Mysterious Things by Andy J. Pizza and Sophie Millerhttp://invisiblethings.co Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkemanhttps://www.oliverburkeman.com/fourthousandweeks Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK AEROPRESSCheck out Aeropress and use my code PEPTALK for a great deal: https://aeropress.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Don't listen to this episode if you are already pepped out of your mind.
0:06.0	If you're going into the new year, like, I know exactly what I'm going to do. I got the five year plan. I got the 10 year plan. I got the one year plan. I got the 12 week plan. I'm ready to go. I don't want you to listen to this episode if that's you because I don't want you to overdose on PEP because this thing is going to help you find your drive,
0:22.1	your creative drive today. And also, jokes aside, this episode is not for you if you are
0:29.7	already inspired for 2026. If you are already like, oh my gosh, I'm hitting the ground running,
0:34.8	the possibilities are endless. I didn't feel like that going
0:39.6	into the new year because we're living in a very weird time. And it reminds me, it's not the same,
0:46.9	but it reminds me of goal setting back in 2009. We're in the middle of a global recession.
0:53.3	I was trying to get my illustration career back on track.
0:56.8	And I just could not find any energy to dream about five years from now.
1:03.7	Because I couldn't even imagine where things would be.
1:06.6	I didn't even know if there would be an illustration industry at that time.
1:09.6	And I had to tap into the creative drive that I had right here and right now.
1:17.7	And so if that's you, if you're struggling to get excited about this new year, this episode is for you to help you find the drive here and now to create and to get excited about what you're
1:29.6	doing now and what you can control and what you can make today. And so stick around for the
1:36.8	end. I'm going to come back for a creative call to adventure. It's called the driver's test.
1:42.9	It's going to be something that will, it's a little
1:46.2	quiz to help you figure out where your drive is hiding today. So you don't have to dream about
1:52.2	or understand or predict the future five years from now to get started and to create and get
1:57.5	excited about what you're doing. That's what we're going to do. Let's get into it.
2:01.4	On the creative journey, it's easy to get lost, but don't worry, you'll lift us.
2:09.5	Sometimes you just need a creative PEPTA.
2:21.5	The cold is here.
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