Food, water, shelter, sleep...
& *creativity*? 🤔

Why isn't creativity considered essential to survival?

So many people are unhappy these days. The daily grind sucks, the 9-5 is redundant, and no one can remember the last time they were creative...

I'm a big believer in the power of creativity. I think human beings were put here to CREATE shit.

My bestie just chucked the guest bed in her basement to make a "lady cave" after noticing how creatively unfulfilled she felt.

I was recently introduced to the idea of "following your curiosity"

As the famous Elizabeth Gilbert quote goes: "If you can let go of your passion and follow your curiosity, your curiosity just might lead you to your passion." 

For us freelancers, this is the equivalent of striking a balance between PLAN + WORK + MAKE MONEY

... and just going where the wind takes you.

The other day I had NO DESIRE to work on my task list. ZERO. All I wanted to do was make a video for my band...

It's times like these that I *love ClickUp* an unhealthy amount

It has given me the TOOLS to rework my plan to add in ✨moments of inspiration✨

So instead of beating myself up about procrastinating.

Instead of feeling stressed about falling behind.

Instead of putting my curiosity on the back-burner.

I just slotted it into my day.

So the THING I felt called to make got done, AND all of my other tasks did too.

This stuff isn't complex, Reader.

It's so simple, it's actually kinda suspect... but I know so few freelancers have a system like this to support them, so even something small as this can throw a huge kink in the day or even the week.

Even if that's just *negative energy* 😵‍💫

I'm at a place in life where I don't want to feel negatively about anything. I want to enjoy every moment. This life is too fucking short and it could all end tomorrow.

So these little tricks have worked for me in ways I can't even fully describe.

I'm not the person I was just a few years ago, grappling with daily overwhelm, working late hours, feeling completely drained every single day.

For your viewing pleasure: here's a little walkthrough of how ClickUp makes this happen​

I would love it if you'd Hit reply and say "“Hey Robyn, I want to try _____” bc I know you got at least one thing that's piqued your curiosity in the last little while.

The workshop I'm hosting at 2pm ET today is where I let my curiosity take me.

Which BTW, it's not too late to join and/or grab the reply:

Click here for one-click registration →​

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RBH

Robyn Henke