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Jun 3, 2026 11 min

Forging a Creative Life (GWTW893)

from Getting Work To Work

As I examine my life, I find that I am in the middle of a massive pivot. I'm no longer who I once was, the young entrepreneur who wanted to work for anyone and everyone doing anything creative. I'm slowly becoming someone different, the thinker, writer, and artist who wants for more than just relying on formulas and routines to make ends meet. Yes, you could label this as a midlife crisis, but frankly, it's more than that, it's a life-altering process of reinvention. It's not easy, it hurts as I get forged by the hammer of reality, and I could easily bemoan my existence. I could blame the economy or AI or globalization or automation or about a million other things for inflicting this shift upon me. But the truth is that I've known what I needed to do for at least a decade, and I've been too scared to do it. Until now. In today's episode of Getting Work To Work, I'm going to talk about how I've been forging a creative life of strength, exploration, and experimentation that's been working behind the scenes preparing me for what's next. Show Links The Art & Craft of the Blacksmith: Techniques and Inspiration from the Modern Smith by Robert Thomas How Great Ideas Happen: The Hidden Steps Behind Breakthrough Success by George Newman The Work of Art: How something comes from nothing by Adam Moss Episode photo from Envato Elements: Abandoned factory from the inside

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