These 5 Reframes Help Me Create Daily Despite My Paralyzing Fears

Here’s how I kept blogging, podcasting, and making videos for 10+ years.

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Creating content is like facing the entire Sauron army.

They shout, taunt, threaten. I have to control my breath, own my thoughts, separate the signal from the noise. They are the creative blocks I have to overcome.

The list of scientifically verified blocks, biases, and fears standing between us and our best work is endless: perfectionism, writer’s block, fear of judgment, risk aversion, fear of success, peer pressure…

I still feel the struggle, after 13 years as a content creator, after publishing hundreds of articles, videos, and podcast episodes. Heck, I’m even the lead singer and guitarist in a tribute band.

How do I prevail?

I turn those towering ogres into tiny mosquitoes through the power of reframing. Here are 5 ways to reframe your creative blocks, ignore them, and pursue your creative realization.

Welcome to the club

I’m dying to feel special. Everything that makes me feel normal makes me angry.

My “favorite” creative block is self-doubt. I like to think mine is special, extra large.