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We enter 2026 by trading performance for meaning, letting “yearn” guide how we make, love, and choose what matters. From a cold Tampa night that turned radiant to a creative rejection that became craft, we map how to turn longing into honest work—something more aligned than desire. 

• pressure and pitfalls of year-end recaps
• choosing meaning over performance and applause
• the power of dropping expectations at a concert
• yearning versus desire as a creative compass
• finishing a bold 4x4 artwork and starting a book
• mobile studio delays and surrendering timelines
• a storyboard pitch loss and the skill it grew
• storyboards as living maps, not scriptures
• bike metaphor for process and flow
• texting an ex, meeting the ache with craft
• turning longing into stories instead of spirals
• making space so the right story can arrive

Let us know in the comments what you’re yearning for, and if you know the visceral feeling that comes with it. 

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Cover Design by: Joyscout Studio // For commissioned art & design inquiries: Joyscout Studio

“Don’t get Deterred, get Inspired”