It’s when circumstances challenge your sunniest disposition that you really know what works to stoke and sustain your best creative efforts month after month, year after year.

And it’s those tools and systems I’m eager to share with you in a compact series.

You’ll come away not only with a creative’s tool belt that runneth over. You’ll also come away with a plan and system to implement significant changes to your work flow and your mindset for the long haul.

Creatives age. Even by your late twenties if not sooner, the body creaks and falters. The mind’s microprocessor slows down. And the physical energy that propels your sheer will and volition gets sapped.

So you push through your work, knowing that you’re not creating at your best but “good enough” and that faking it really well will have to suffice.

What to do?