Over the past year, there has been complete upheaval in much of the creative industry (and all industries!) and yet we must find a new path through this strange period of time.
It’s nice to think that everything will return to the way it was, but that is rarely the case in history. Things press on in a new direction and we’ve yet to see what that direction is coming out of this COVID-19 panic.
Yet with all the change and challenges, I see many people working hard and using the limited resources they have to create.
I heard an ad on the radio the other day where the guy was sitting in his kitchen and recording the voice-over on his iPhone. It made me think about how much we get caught up in the process of what we do and needing all of our ducks to be in a row before we act.
You must seize what you have and use that. Perfectionism is what requires everything to be perfectly lined up and ordered exactly how you want, but perfection is not possible so we must start now and use what we have now.
Don’t worry if you don’t have the best camera, just take pictures.
Don’t worry if you have the best ingredients, just practice cooking.
Don’t worry if you don’t have the perfect microphone, just record that podcast (or advertisement!)
Waiting for everything to be just right will waste away your life one day at a time.