You have an idea you want to bring into the world.

It’s something you’ve been thinking about for a long time: a book, screenplay, comic, side hustle, app, art show, grant proposal. Maybe even a whole new career.

It’s something creative or beautiful or useful or fun. You know the world will be a better place with your thing in it.

But you’re not doing anything about it.

Maybe you talk about it with others and they say, “Yeah, you should write a book!” Or they see your artwork and say, “You could totally sell that!”

Maybe, like the book from Neil Gaiman’s Library of Dreams, you’ve got something kicking around in your brain like The Bestselling Romantic Spy Thriller I Used To Think About On The Bus That Would Sell A Billion Copies And Mean I’d Never Have to Work Again.

So why aren’t you taking action?

Maybe as much as you love your idea, it’s carrying all the weight of your creative hopes and dreams and it’s just become too intimidating to work on. The real thing will never live up to all the versions of what it could be.

Or maybe you’d love to work on it, but your boss and family and animals all need different things from you and there’s just never enough time.

What to Do About IT

There are three components to getting your project out of your head and into the world.

1) Understanding the scope.

This may change over time, but every project needs a shape you can wrap your mind around. You need to know what you want to create, what it will look like, and how you’ll know when you’re done.

You also need to know what to leave out. When I started writing my book on career exploration, I wanted to include every vaguely-relevant thought I’d ever had on the subject. It felt sprawling and overwhelming.

To actually make progress, I had to decide what to include and what to leave out.

Imagine Beethoven trying to fit all his musical ideas into one symphony—it would be unlistenable, right? Instead, he had to decide what themes he wanted to explore in each piece. You need to be able to do the same with your brainchildren.

2) Understanding yourself: how you work best and what’s holding you back.

If mainstream productivity systems don’t work for you, it doesn’t mean you’re lazy or uncommitted.

(Read that again!)

It just means your brain needs a different kind of framework - one that supports you rather than constraining or shaming you.

You also need to know what mental obstacles get in the way of your creativity. Do you have a loud inner critic full of snarky remarks? Do you tend to commit all your free time to other people?

Part of your project is becoming the version of you who can do the project.

To actually start writing my book, I had to make the mental shift from “person who wants to write a book” to “person who is writing a book.” Soon, I’ll have to shift again to “person who has finished a book.”

Each stage needed me to grow and develop new parts of myself.

3) Knowing how to talk about your thing with other people.

J. R. R. Tolkein said “I have exposed my heart to be shot at” when he published the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Even if you feel good about what you’ve created, it can be hard to talk about it with other people.

But you’re not Emily Dickinson and unless you’re planning on sticking your project in a drawer to be discovered after your death, you’re going to want to set it free.

For example, I work with a lot of gifted mental health professionals who sometimes struggle to articulate what they do to potential clients. They’re good at talking about what they do, but not necessarily in a way that inspires potential clients to action.

Even if you’re not selling a product or service, you need to know why other people should care about your thing. How will it help, entertain, enlighten, or inform them? Why did you go to the trouble of creating it?

Let’s bring in some project wizardry.

I have the advantage of knowing how to work on projects, despite loving naps and shiny distractions.

I’ve built multiple businesses and birthed countless creative projects, from blog posts to bone jewelry. I’ve helped dozens of people move forward on the things that matter to them.

How did I do it?

My brain doesn’t work in a linear way, so I’ve had to develop and adapt systems that work for me.

I’ve discovered that when orderly forward progress stalls out, it’s time to bring in some magic, metaphor, play, and creativity. (Even when my logical brain is yelling that there’s no time for that!)

I’ve learned how to talk to my inner critic so that I can actually get things done without a constant stream of negative self-talk happening in the background.

I’ve created boundaries to protect the things that matter - not just the projects, but the routines and rituals that support them.

Because I’ve taken the time to work on my relationship with my projects, rather than just the task itself, each project becomes a vector of transformation. I become a different person through the medium of the thing I’m working on.

Because of this work, I am a kinder, braver, more creative version of myself than I used to be. I trust my instincts. I’m more patient with myself.

I want you to have those things, too.

I want to help you quiet the voices of not-good-enough and not-enough-time.

I want you to experience the joy and pride of making the thing you’ve been dreaming about a reality.

I want you to learn a way of working that doesn’t depend on shame and deadlines.

I want you to create a space where you can flourish and thrive—a kingdom you can call your own, where you get to work on the things that spark joy, as Marie Kondo would say.

More than that - I want you to see what’s possible beyond the project.

The project is the entry point, but the secret mission of what you’re working on is your relationship with yourself and the universe so that you can bring this piece of magic into the world.

You’ll be different when you’re done — you’ll be a person-who-has-done-the-thing, rather than a person-who’s-always-wanted-to-do-the-thing. Don’t you want to meet them?

In the Hero’s Journey, this is the call to adventure. Listen to that tug in your heart that says, Yes, this is the time. I’m ready to do this thing.

What Working With Me Looks Like

You’ll start out with a free phone or video consultation so that you can tell me what you know so far about your project. We’ll make sure it feels like a good fit before moving on.

Based on the scope and complexity of your project, I’ll suggest an appropriate package to help you stay on track as you make progress.

Total cost:

single session: $175

3 Sessions: $500

6 sessions: $1000

payable via credit card or PayPal

In addition to getting crystal-clear on your project, you’ll learn how to harness your own natural strengths and combine them with new mental, emotional, and energetic tools to create your own custom workflow.

By the end of our time together, you’ll have made more progress than you ever thought possible. Your way of working on projects and goals will fundamentally shift to a way of creating that is more prolific and joy-filled.

What’s more, you’ll have the language you need to tell others about your thing to help it get to the people who need it most.

Stop Waiting, Start Creating

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