If You Feel Stuck Right Now, Read This
Frugal Chic® #52: A simple way to get your spark back in 24 hrs
Every month I get into a rut, which is natural as what I do is considered ‘creative’ work. A rut can be defined as a habit or pattern of behaviour that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change. Like clockwork, every month I get to this stage of loathing what I am producing, questioning my work, feeling as if I’m flopping.
And this is coming from someone who on the surface seems successful. Making multiple-figure months, can technically do what I want when I want without asking a boss for a day of annual leave, and I’m able to talk about what I want for a living.
It’s the dream on paper, but what isn’t spoken about enough is that, being predominantly a short-form creator, it’s very easy to get into ruts. Trying to please the algorithm, falling into comfortable patterns of creating and not experimenting. This ‘flop era’ I experience monthly isn’t just limited to content creation. In all aspects of life, it’s easy for things to feel a bit stale, lifeless.
Here is how I get my spark back time and time again.
In this issue:
Why creative ruts are predictable
The trap of “performing productivity”
The one shift that resets your thinking fast
How to rebuild taste (not just output)
A simple 5 part system to get your spark back
5 things I do every time I feel stuck
I got back from Thailand yesterday and thought I’d be motivated to work again.
Instead, I spent the day making content I didn’t even like.
