Please, show up regularly to attend to your dreams. But let how you show up be as creative as you are. There's a million and one ways to get there – devotion wants you to find yours.

Our bodies aren't machines running on a constant energy supply. Our hormones ebb and flow like tides. Our creativity plays hide and seek. Our mental health varies. The world around us pushes and pulls. Why should we expect ourselves to operate with perfect consistency?

Maybe you've hidden your nonlinear process, thinking it makes you less worthy of success. Maybe you've tried to force yourself into someone else's productivity system, only to feel more stuck and shameful when it doesn't fit.

Let’s think about these two energies for a moment:

Punishing energy: Demanding & arduous

• Beating yourself up for not being a 5am productivity unicorn


• Comparing your messy first draft to someone else's polished final


• Turning every creative session into a report card on your worth


• Ignoring your needs under the guise of "no excuses"

Playful energy:... See more

If discipline’s punishing energy says you "should" do it this one way, Devotion’s playful energy says there's a million and one ways to get the job done.

By being curious and kind to ourselves, we can find ways to get work done without waging war with ourselves in the process. This isn't about lowering our standards – it's about raising our self compassion.

When we stop beating ourselves up for not being "disciplined enough," we can reroute that wasted energy to make progress, flexibly and... See more

Devotion might look like:

• Surrendering to not feeling well and working from the floor


• Clearing evening plans to keep going when you’re in flow


• Crushing your word count while your kids watch Saturday morning cartoons


• Seeing your shower as your think tank


• Allowing yourself rest so you can refuel

The important thing? It all counts. Every little bit. Just... See more

Instead, I embraced the more playful notion of devotion : a spirit of love, loyalty, and enthusiasm for the work I care about.

Devotion pictures your dreams and goals , not as stern taskmasters tapping their watches impatiently, but as friends who are happy to have your attention.

Friendship is not built from rigidity and forcefulness. It's built... See more