Go Where The Mood Take You - When to Ditch the Plan and Follow the Creative Pulse

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The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft

Jim Kroft

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🎙️ The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft This podcast is for creatives who’ve chosen the long road. Each week, I take one aspect of the creative life — a breakthrough, a challenge, or a tool that’s helping me — and share what I’m learning from the inside. I started the show because I couldn’t find what I needed: a companion for the real challenges of making art while building a life around it. The podcast swings between the psychological traps we face and the practical tools that keep me going. It moves between mindset and method — but always comes back to how we keep showing up. I’m Jim, your host. I’ve lived a long life in the arts — full of meteoric highs and humbling lows. Here are a few stops from the journey: 🎸 Released 7 records — from major labels to van tours 🎥 Filmed 6 feature docs, screened at 200+ festivals 🧠 Built a creative business in Berlin since 2013 ✍️ Top 1% on Substack for weekly consistency 📈 Raised nearly €100K for refugee & Ukraine war efforts 🎧 The Creative Life has hit the Apple Podcast charts Thanks for being here, Jim 🔗 Listen & Follow: Spotify Apple Podcasts Substack YouTube Instagram

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Go Where The Mood Take You - When to Ditch the Plan and Follow the Creative Pulse

The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft

4 minutes

2 months ago

Go Where The Mood Take You - When to Ditch the Plan and Follow the Creative Pulse

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Welcome back to The Creative Life Podcast!

Yesterday I walked into work with three thousand photos to edit, but an urge to create.
Logic said “stick to the plan.”
But something deeper said: create now.

This episode is about that moment — when you’re torn between the work you should do, and the feeling something wants to break out of you.

In it, I share what I learned about giving in to instinct, chasing the spark when it strikes, and protecting creativity in a culture that encourages over-planning.

What we'll dig into:

🌊 Why giving in to impulse can revive your spark when the plan feels dead
🧠 The fight between head and heart — and how it shapes your work
🔥 What happens when you follow the mood instead of repressing it
🎯 How goals fit in without suffocating creativity or joy
🕊️ Why creating from raw experience brings your work back to life

I'm your host Jim, thank you so much for being here!
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Let' dive in!

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