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How to be insanely creative without burning out
I beat myself up when I procrastinate.
Life is so damn short. For me, it’s inexcusable to lose too much time to excuse-making.
But I know how important it is to produce things—not just one or two things, but many things—similar things—day after day after day.
It’s not all about quality at first. Worry about quality later. It’s about getting something down on paper today.
The Internet vividly reminds me that seemingly everyone is better, more talented, and more efficient than I am.
I know that to avoid slipping into the unknown, I need to keep making things and getting as many people as possible to see them often.
There is no alternative route to gaining attention in this mind-bending matrix of creative output.
I just have to make more. Even if it’s just to keep me from getting angry with myself.
Whenever I produce and share lots of things in less time, the right things happen.
Opportunities come. Money is made. Like buttons are clicked.
It is what allowed me to gain traction as an illustrator when I was fresh-faced in the industry.
Good things happen when I write more. It happens when I draw more pictures.