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 the creative pep talk podcast.

I am your host, Andy J.

Pizza and it is incredibly easy to get lost on the creative journey.

This show exists to help you get back on the path to reaching your creative potential.

Being lost sucks.

I get lost all the time in real life.

You take three steps one way, you second-guess yourself, you take a couple steps a different way,

but ultimately you can't keep going because there's this little voice in your head that's whispering.

Just give up.

You don't know if you're getting closer or further away from where you actually want to be.

And if this isn't like an actual picture of what it looks like to be creative,

I don't know what it is because you start one project to give it up, you do it again,

you do it again and ultimately you end up no further than where you started.

And this can go on for years.

It's happened to me.

As an absent-minded creative type myself, I get lost all the time in real life and in my creative journey.

The cocktail of ADHD and curiosity means that not getting lost isn't really in the cards for me.

And I think as creators, I don't actually feel like never getting lost is a great goal in the first place.

Creativity is at its essence about exploration and going off map, so to speak.

You're going to get lost.

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