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What Most of Us Get Wrong About Creativity

2020

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Some thoughts about creativity.

09:43 min

How to Care Less About Work

As we peer around the corner of the pandemic, let’s talk about what we want to do—and not do—with the rest of our lives.

Charlie Warzel and Anne Helen Petersen

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What Does it Mean to Be Creative at the End of the World?

A few months and many deaths ago, I woke up exhausted, again. Every morning, I felt like I was rebuilding myself from the ground up. Waking up was hard. Getting to my desk to write was hard. Taking care of my body was hard. Remembering the point of it all was hard.

What I Learned About Creativity and Burnout from Interviewing 50 Artists

After nearly a year of dealing with this pandemic, I decided it was time to reach out to my community to discuss the challenges we were all facing. The biggest challenge being burnout.

Melanie Bikowski

Why We May Be Measuring Burnout All Wrong

The pandemic has pushed many to the brink. But although we're exhausted and overwhelmed, some experts say we're not actually as burned out as we may think.

Creative Burnout: When the Creativity Tap Runs Dry

Creativity is fragile: it needs to be fed enough inspiration, but not too much, for consuming an excessive amount of information may destroy its delicate balance. It needs space to grow, but should not be forced, for mechanical work may lead to lifeless output.

Anne-Laure Le Cunff

How Googlers Avoid Burnout (and Secretly Boost Creativity)

You have to “turn it off” to “turn it on” when it matters most.

Brad Stulberg, Steve Magness

8 Signs You Have Creative Burnout—and It’s Affecting Your Mental Health

Creative burnout can happen to all of us, even those who consider themselves naturally creative people.

Kyli Rodriguez-Cayro

The Cure to a Creative Block is Making Something You’ll Never Show Anyone Else

So making songs now that I know aren’t going to be heard by anybody else, it is an interesting thing. Because I think you have to do that now as an artist. I really do. —Donald Glover, Grantland interview

Ways to Push Past Creative Burnout

Two coaches talk about reigniting passion for your work

Sophia Dembling

Creative Burnout Is Inevitable. Here Are 10 Ways to Beat It

Ten pros share their tricks for staying engaged with your work.

Co.Design and the Creative Independent

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Creative Well-Being