I wasn't sure I'd be able to record this episode, but I found a margin to record my thoughts about how to navigate creativity during coronavirus. Spoiler: my suggestions include doing less, releasing expectations, wrapping up projects, and clearing the decks. This is all temporary, but we have to support ourselves in *this moment* and adjust as we go.

If you're a blogger, can you blog less frequently? Sending a weekly newsletter? Make it every other week (or monthly!). Producing a podcast? Maybe end the season early. Drafting your novel? Keep going, but remove the pressure. Writing 1,000 words per day? Try 250. 

Basically, it's time for a radical reorganization of our time and energy. Some of this will force our hand in ways that are endlessly frustrating. We won't be able to meet the page as frequently, or give our characters undivided attention. Yet within these daily discomforts, we might have the opportunity to feel out what we truly need, step away from a piece, only to return with fresh eyes, make way for something new we might not have expected.

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