Balancing Sustainability with Daily Practice

Season 2 Episode 4 You ever get to the point in your creative work where you feel like you have so many things you need to get done, yet, no matter how hard you try, you can't quite keep up with your ever-growing todo lists? That's where I've been at for the past month or so, and figuring out how to balance that stress with small daily practice habits to find some kind of sustainability in your creative work is what we're talking about in today's episode. It's been a bit rough the last few months for me, and my creative work has definitely been affected because of it. Creative practice habits that I previously developed are starting to slip, all while I'm trying to get back into the zone for recording some new tunes and preparing them for release. Stress has been starting to build up and compound, so "re-finding" that sense of sustainability and balance has been very much on my brain lately. In this episode, we discuss some of the things I've been trying to do to get back to some sense of homeostasis in my creative work. I definitely don't have all the answers, and it's pretty obviously in the episode that at the time of recording this I'm still in the midst of figuring it out for myself, but I think I'm onto a good starting point for getting back to regular, sustainable work. Some of the ideas we go over in the episode are the power of small, consistent habits; the importance of being kind to yourself; and the importance of sustainability as something to value in your own creative life. Hopefully this episode helps spark some discussions that get you started thinking about how you can developing some sense of balance and sustainability in your own creative life, and sometimes, just knowing that other artists have rough days too is a great place to start. The Honest Songwriter Podcast is 15-20 minutes of regular, open conversation about songwriting, what it's like to be a songwriter, and how to keep improving at the craft of songwriting. New episodes every three weeks!