I’ve experienced many phases in my creative journey so far. 

My first phase of living a creative life was intense learning. I read every book I could find about writing, comedy, creativity, filmmaking, artistry, good habits, and understanding people, and then I made a ton of stuff. I threw shit at the wall and I tried to not care if it stuck. I just wanted to throw shit and get more accurate at throwing it where I was aiming. 

Throughout that phase, I learned and grew a ton, but I found myself making things that didn’t feel aligned for me. I was often making things because the people around me were making things like that, and I wanted to be like them. So I decided to cut back my output, slow down, and commit to aligning my creativity with my higher self. 

Enter phase two: tuning my voice. After learning how to live a creative, productive life, and trust my instincts, I needed to learn how to connect with myself and create things that were vulnerable and true to me. After about two years of this work, I feel mostly connected, and I’m ready for the next phase.

Now, I’m not sure exactly what it is yet, but phase three seems to be something like: “you’re not playing around anymore. You’re an adult, you’ve had your fun. Now make something really good and complete and aligned. Become a pro.