Working: Shaking a Creative Slump

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🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

For this week’s episode of Working Overtime, hosts June Thomas and Isaac Butler address the dread of slumps and how they can affect any creative career. Whether it’s breaking down your project into tiny parts, treating yourself, or simply moving on to a new career altogether, there are many ways to escape a slump. They also dig into the pangs of professional jealousy and how to let it go. Do you have a question about creative work? Leave a message at (304) 933-9675 or email us at [email protected]. Podcast production by Kevin Bendis and Cameron Drews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Working Over Time, the advice-focused Huey-Duey and Lui to Working's Donald
0:10.1	Duck.
0:11.1	I'm Isaac Butler.
0:12.1	And I'm June Thomas.
0:13.1	Isaac, what have you got for us today?
0:16.0	I've got some fairly sore hip flexors because I overdid it working out this morning, but
0:21.1	I also have an art-related project I want to talk about, which is I just have this thing
0:26.7	that I think you'll be particularly helpful with, which is garbage time.
0:31.0	No, I am not talking about dumping out your trash, although, you know, I know you had to
0:35.3	do a lot of that when you moved.
0:36.9	I'm talking about what you do when things aren't working out.
0:40.8	Oh, yes.
0:41.8	And they aren't clicking.
0:42.8	When the inspiration won't come, whenever a sentence or brushstroke or note you write
0:48.0	down is just excruciating.
0:49.8	When you're in a slump, creatively, professionally, spiritually, how do you navigate it?
0:55.3	How do you get through it?
0:56.4	I know just exactly what you're talking about, but why did you want to talk to me about
1:00.8	this, Isaac?
1:01.8	What are you saying?
1:03.4	No, no, June, June, I didn't mean it that way.
1:05.3	No reason to get paranoid.
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