Join us as we predict creative trends for 2025! It's all speculation and probably going to be wrong... but we had fun.

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00:00 Welcome to the Unpublished Podcast 01:46 Why You Should Be Hopeful for 2025 01:57 The Importance of Hope in Creativity 02:41 Challenges and Pessimism in the Creative Community 06:30 Predictions and Hopes for Creatives in 2025 07:46 Building Personal Connections with Your Audience 08:05 The Rise of Micro Communities 15:48 Curating Media Consumption 20:01 The Value of Free Content 25:12 Podcast Production Costs and Realities 27:27 Competing with Industry Giants 28:53 Artists and Business 31:14 Class Consciousness Among Artists 34:00 The AI Dilemma for Artists 41:38 The Future of Human Art 52:09 The Importance of Art for Wellbeing 56:02 Final Thoughts and Housekeeping

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Let's go!!! Lachlan and Lachlina here getting ready to Lock In for 2025. Or are we? Come with us!

James did the mix/audio for the first time in two years. Let us know if you have any notes!

00:00 Welcome to the 2025 Intentions Podcast 00:45 Introducing the Captaincy System 01:59 Goals vs. Intentions 02:46 Balancing Freedom and Structure 03:28 The Unique Approach of Artists 04:43 Setting Realistic Goals 06:58 Navigating Uncertainty 09:55 The Importance of Consistency 15:44 Taking the Podcast Seriously 22:55 Setting Kind Goals 32:02 Reflecting on Past Goals 33:26 Reflecting on Past Goals 33:45 Achievements and Challenges in 2017 35:03 Goals for 2022 and Beyond 39:13 Setting Intentions for the Year 39:47 James' Fitness and Writing Goals 40:56 Discussing Control and Goals 48:24 Amie’s Intentions and Goals 49:46 Building Community and Creative Goals 57:41 Fostering Patience and Trust 59:27 Wrapping Up and Looking Forward

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We're back from 3 months of family and work travel and ready to pod... just in time for the holidays...

Join us for a 15 minute cozy catchup and a little 15 minute rant about why perfect people are boring.

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And James'

We finished our joint novel!

We take you behind the scenes of the on and off year and a half long project. Topics:

Writing to delight each other

The importance of planning

The number one mistake we noticed in each other's writing

Dealing with conflict

And much more!

Today we're talking about money! Specifically, our own finances.

Revenue streams

Emergency funds

Retirement saving

Book advances

Taxes

And other extremely interesting things...

Amie's book, We Need Your Art, is available for pre-order. This is super important to the success of the book! Pre-order numbers directly impact how much support publishers and booksellers will give to a book. If you buy one thing from us in your lifetime, this is the one!

Amie has made a list of artist archetypes to help you all figure out your strengths and weaknesses as artists.

We go through the archetypes and discuss each one.

Kind of like enneagram/Myers Briggs/astrology specifically for artists!

You can read more about it on Amie's substack!

Still two days to sign up to the Inspired Collective!

Welcome back!

We're talking about: small steps and achievable goals; fostering scrappiness; behaving like an athlete; and much more!

Topic discussion begins at 4:42

The Inspired Collective

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Amie's substack

We interrupt Creativity 101 for a special episode! Help us prepare for Amie's guest appearance on a big podcast.

Also, I'm writing this from the future AFTER the podcast recording happened. It went really well thank you for asking. I sat in on the whole thing and Amie killed it. For some reason, she speaks much better when she's talking to someone who isn't her husband (swirly eye emoji).

Hey! You can pre-order Amie's book now! Links are HERE!

We're coming back to a topic we talk about a lot on the podcast, Perfectionism. This time, though, we're going back to basics. What is perfectionism? What are the most common ways it shows up our lives? Why is bad? And what can we do about it?

Amie was right, no cover reveal yet... But you should come to our live course: Selling Without Selling Out

Most artists will procrastinate. That's just a fact. It's something people have dealt with in the past and will continue to deal with in the future.

Where it becomes a problem, though, is when it holds you back from being the sort of person you want to be.

We look at some common tools and techniques to help you cut through procrastination and make art with more ease and regularity.

Also discussed towards the end: procrastination for Neurodivergent creatives!

Join us for our Creativity 101 series where we go back to foundational principles for being happier, more rested, and more productive artists. We'll be doing a 10 episode series starting here with Journaling.

Journaling is the foundational methodology for all our teaching. In all our courses, books, and online classes we always include journaling prompts. It helps you ask yourself important questions, and find your own wisdom which you can use to overcome blocks and problems.

If you're interested in learning more, you can get a free copy of Amie's Journaling Compendium when you sign up for her newsletter on substack.