Hello and welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Miscara.

And in today's episode, we're going to talk about the creative process.

And there will be a couple of curse words, the S word, in this.

So if you are listening with small children, just a heads up. More to come on all of

this in a moment. First, let's while I was in the middle of writing my book,

I stumbled upon this post about the creative process that just so aptly captured

how I was feeling in my own creative process of trying to write a book. And I posted it to my own

social media and everyone got a kick out of it.

So I'd like to share it with you here since I think it accurately describes the creation process for all of us.

And creativity can take a lot of different shapes and forms, basically bringing anything into the world or trying something

new or innovating in some way. We all do it even if we don't see ourselves as creatives. So as you

listen to this, listen to it through your own lens of trying to build something, create something, or do something.

And so this six-step process, the creative process, essentially what you're thinking about as

you go is one, this is awesome. Two, this is tricky. 3. This is shit.

4. I am shit.

5. This might be okay.

6. This is awesome.

This is awesome. This is tricky. This is shit. I am shit.

This might be okay. This is awesome. The six-step creative process.

Now, is there any science behind this? I don't know. But I do know anecdotally that this is very much how it felt for me.

The beginning of it, I'll just use the book to describe it,

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