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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGo\xa0There it is again\xa0Go\xa0Butting in again\xa0Go\xa0Calling me\xa0\xa0Go\xa0Whispering\xa0Kicking\xa0Urging me\xa0To go\xa0Find myself\xa0Create myself\xa0Go\xa0Travel\xa0Go\xa0\xa0Write\xa0Go\xa0Pull\xa0Push\xa0Reach\xa0Beyond myself\xa0For myself\xa0For the greater good\xa0Just go\xa0Go now\xa0\xa0GoWelcome to Episode 46 of Navigating the Fustercluck\u2014a podcast full of snackable insights to help you navigate the sometimes bi-polar world of creativity & marketing.\xa0My name is Wegs, like eggs with a W, joining you from Deaf Mule Studios in Dallas, where we started this episode with a poem I wrote one recent Saturday morning in an effort to kickstart my day. My Get Up and Go Has Got Up and Went\xa0I don\u2019t usually write poetry. And from what I just shared, you can probably tell why. But criticism be damned. My point is that sometimes we get in a rut. And the best way to get out of it is not by pondering our way through our mental blocks but to unlock ourselves by actually doing something.\xa0\xa0Whether that be making the bed.Walking the dog.\xa0Working out.Calling your mum.Arranging something.Rearranging something.Rearranging our minds all in an effort to get unstuck.\xa0As legendary science fiction writer Ray Bradbury said\u2026\xa0Don\u2019t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It\u2019s self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can\u2019t try to do things. You simply must do things.\xa0You simply must do things.\xa0I think that\u2019s so true. We have to squeeze out the overthink. Do something and do it now. Too often \u2018later\u2019 becomes \u2018never\u2019.\xa0 If we wait until we\u2019re ready, we\u2019ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.\xa0\xa0And as Jessamyn West says\u2026Delay breeds fear.\xa0\xa0That\u2019s why I force myself to sit down and write, even when I have nothing to say.\xa0I just start typing.\xa0\xa0Or I page through my massive quote collection and see if there\u2019s something that strikes my fancy.\xa0Or rifle through my bookshelves to see if something stands out.\xa0Legend has it that George Harrison was in a book store when he read about a weeping guitar, leading to the classic Beatles tune, While My Guitar Gently Weeps.\xa0Inspiration is all around us. But we have to go engage it, not wait for it to come to us. That\u2019s just lazy.So, what are you waiting for?\xa0I mean, thanks for giving me some of your time, that means a lot to me.\xa0However, I want to see and hear what you have to say. And I\u2019m sure others feel the same way.\xa0\xa0Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.Don\u2019t fall for it. Don\u2019t feed it. Just go.\xa0Go write something.\xa0\xa0Go paint something.\xa0Go make something.\xa0Go now or you\u2019ll have to endure more of my sophomoric poetry.\xa0Got me?\xa0If you don\u2019t, maybe you\u2019ll believe Stephen King when says, \u201cThe scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better.\u201d\xa0\xa0His book, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, is chock full of advice about how to get started, and keep going. Considering that he\u2019s published nearly 60 novels and 11 collections of stories, you may want to read what he says.\xa0* Usually we take a break here, but that would kinda defeat the point here.\xa0So, that\u2018s going to wrap up our 45th episode of Navigating the Fustercluck.\xa0\xa0Here from Deaf Mule Studios, I\u2019m your host, Wegs, like eggs with a W, and thanks again for listening in and supporting us. If there are other ways you know to get unstuck, please feel free to reach out to me personally and share at wegs24x7@gmail.com or NavigatingTheFustercluck.com, where you can find transcripts to this episode and every other of our 44 efforts. Finally, remember, we\u2019re all in this together. If you see someone stuck in their thoughts, give them a friendly nudge. Here\u2019s to you. Here\u2019s to the future. Now go.\t\t\t\t\t\t
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