Some creative projects burst into our minds with many, many moving parts. We might have a vision so grand that we toil for days, weeks, months, even years to fully realize it before unleashing it into the world. But overly detailed visions carry some risks—maybe our skill isn’t up to the task, maybe the complexity makes it harder for our audience to understand what we created.
Then there’s the other end of the spectrum—jumping into a project without considering its scope or audience early enough to direct our focus. The risk here is that we’ll run out of gas because the idea itself isn’t solid enough or deep enough to carry our vision. Then maybe we’ll start another project and repeat the cycle.
The stakes are high. Both approaches risk not finishing or finishing but not finding an audience for the work. Those might lead to a loss of faith in our own ability to create. Without that faith, we can do nothing.
In this segment, the Gifted Underachievers discuss how to avoid either extreme, inhabit the happy middle ground, finish more creative projects, and get more of your art into the world.
Questions for Listeners:
Do you tend to be an overcomplicator or an over-simplifier?
Or maybe it depends on the project and your goals?
What’s the biggest project you’ve ever abandoned?
How long did you spend on it?
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