Ep 12: Do you need discipline in your creative life?

It appears that we have been in a creative incubation period for the past 11 episodes. This episode could very well mark a shift in our creative turmoil,especially for Summer. Yup, we are thrilled to bring you our first creative breakthrough since starting this podcast. Summer had a massive creative productivity moment of truth recently that we can’t wait to tell you about. It involves a splash of time management, a pinch of paprika and a large cup of hyperawareness. This recipe metaphor is a not so subtle way to tease you into popping in your earbuds to hear the change in her voice. The parallel nature of our job, language and time management lives have reached a new level and it’s called scrumpdillyicious. 

Links:  (in order)

-UnF*ck Your Brain Podcast : https://unfuckyourbrain.com/podcasts/

-Pomodoro Method: https://www.themuse.com/advice/take-it-from-someone-who-hates-productivity-hacksthe-pomodoro-technique-actually-works

Quotes:

“The temptation of reaching my phone when I am working on something and it gets a little hard and my brain thinks it needs the release of a break ” -Summer

“It’s about finding out what works for you at that time and then doing that until things change and then finding a new thing that works for you at that time. There is a constant shift …” -Steph

“I actually need some discipline in my creative life” -Summer

“There is something about numbers and about quantifying things. That nagging feeling about needing to do more goes away.There is a forgiveness of not doing everything when I do that one thing.” -Steph

Questions for our next week future selves:

Summer: Have you completed two of your writing time blocks since last Wed? 

Steph: Have you figured out a podwork-job hunting time schedule? 

Music: And a big thank you to Alex of Kwick Lights (https://kwick-lights.de/de) for recording our snazzy new intro/outro jingles! Thanks also to Lena of Lena On The Move (https://lenaonthemove.com/) for the sound idea and pulling this together for us! Check out Alex and Lena's Nuremberg-based band, Off The Grid, at https://www.instagram.com/offthegrid.music/ 

Contact us: 

Creatively Complicated (in Internetland):

Twitter: Creatively Complicated Podcast, @stephandsummer

Email: [email protected]

Summer (in Germany):  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/summeroutside/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/summeroutside

Blog: https://eatsomethinggosomewhere.com/

Stephanie: (in China): https://linktr.ee/stephfuccio

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