Issue 21: Morning Pages

This is how I clear my creative drainpipes and get unstuck

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A couple of years ago, I was talking to my friend Nolan who is an inspiring film-maker but also one of the most fearless people I have ever met in my life. We were chatting about work and creative projects and how scared I was feeling of my own book to the point of actually avoiding working on it. Totally paralyzed. Nolan was a good person to talk about this because he - at least externally - is the opposite of me. He always has multiple projects going on at the same time and going after them with high energy and optimism. He’d…