Daydreaming, a common activity that arises in response to boredom as a mediator between boredom and creativity.

In other words, a wandering mind can actually lead to new and better ideas.

Welcome to the Art of Jarm. I'm Jordan Harbinger and I'm here with producer Jason the

Philipo. This episode is a toolbox episode about what we can do when we feel stuck.

This ranges from some of the more obvious advice like asking for help and helping others

and how to specifically go about doing that to some strategies that might surprise you,

such as moving around physically, changing our environment and activity levels and changing

the tools we use to do the job. This toolbox is important to me as a creator and also as someone

who runs a business and just lives life in the same imperfect way as everyone else. Don't forget

we have a worksheet for this toolbox so you can make sure you solidify your understanding

of the key takeaways that we've got here. That link will be in the show notes at the artofcharm.com

slash podcast. I hope this one was as helpful for you to hear as it was for me to create in the

first place. Here we go. So you're stuck. You've been riding a nice wave for a minute only to

suddenly find yourself out of momentum, adrift in your work, idling in neutral. Your passion,

yeah, that's a nice idea. Your drive is a distant memory. Whatever it takes to move forward,

you lost it somewhere along the way. Then come the thoughts, the worry, the anxiety, the self-doubt,

the feeling that you've failed for no discernible reason and that the solution is nowhere to be found.

The crushing suspicion that you just don't have what it takes to carry your goal, your project,

your relationship, your commitment across that finish line. That the key to moving forward is a

secret you missed out on. And so the stuckness gets even deeper and even more entrenched. If that

sounds a little too accurate, it's because I've been there too plenty of times. You're experiencing

something that every single human has experienced, including and especially some of the greatest

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