If you have creative work in the hopper (or simply an idea!), you’re invited to learn and create alongside us this summer as we explore key concepts and actionable ideas to move creativity forward inspired by Dr. Eric Maisel’s book, “Fearless Creating: A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Completing Your Work of Art” (affiliate link).
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Welcome To Week 4!✨
If you’ve been hushing, holding, and feeding your creative mind these past few weeks, you may feel something shifting.
The mental fog is thinning.
The noise is quieter.
You’re starting to notice certain ideas rising above the rest.
This is the moment we step into Choosing, the fourth stage in “Fearless Creating”.
But let’s be clear: Choosing doesn’t mean having it all figured out.
It just means trusting the inner nudge that says, “Yes. Start here.”
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🛤️ Why We Resist Choosing
Choosing an idea can feel risky.
It asks you to commit, to move forward and to let other ideas go (for now).
We resist choosing because:
We’re afraid of picking the “wrong” thing
We confuse confusion with failure
We think we need total clarity before we begin
We feel loyal to other half-baked ideas that still tug at us
The reality is that you won’t know what your idea really is until you start making it.
🔍 The Power of the “Hard Idea”
Dr. Eric Maisel encourages us to choose a “hard idea” — something meaningful, risky, resonant. Not necessarily big, but emotionally real.
The hard idea is the one that scares you a little.
The one that matters.
The one that asks something of you in return.
Choosing it is an act of courage.
Not because you’re fearless, but because you’re willing to work with your fear.
That’s pretty fearless in and of itself!
📝 This Week’s Practice: Make Your Creative Declaration
This week, choose one idea to commit to for the next phase of your journey.
Big or small, raw or refined — just choose.
Then write your Creative Declaration:
“I am committing to [insert idea/project] because it matters to me.
I give myself permission to explore it without needing to be perfect.
I choose progress over certainty.”
Put it somewhere you can see it.
Return to it when doubt creeps in.
Because choosing is beginning.
💭 Reflection Prompt
What’s one idea that keeps showing up for you, even when you try to ignore it?
What would it feel like to say yes to that idea… just for this season?
🧭 Coming Next...
In Week 5, we’ll deepen that choice and turn it into real momentum, even when self-doubt kicks in (and it will).
Until then, choose with your gut.
Choose what matters.
And know that starting here is always enough.
