The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur

February 25Analog Creative

For here there is no escape from the weight of a perpetual creation; all other forms and motions come and go, the tide rises and recedes, the wind, at its mightiest, moves in gales and gusts, but here is really an incessant, an indefatigable motion. Awake or asleep, there is no escape, still this rushing round you and through you. It is in this way I have most felt the grandeur,—somewhat eternal, if not infinite.

Margaret Fuller—At Home and Abroad; or, Things and Thoughts in America and Europe (1856)

This reading is Fuller's description of experiencing Niagara Falls for the first time, and yet it reads almost like a personal journey of self-discovery.

Our own creative output reflects how we take in the wonder of things both grand and “ungrand.” Our journey as the self-reliance entrepreneur rests in bearing this weight of perpetual creation. That's what makes entrepreneurs so unique—and perhaps a little batty.

So how do you juggle the need to constantly remain creative without letting the weight of this notion turn into added stress?

Go analog. Today do something that requires your hands—not on a keyboard. Paint a wall, write in a journal with a pen, pickle some cucumbers, or sketch arbitrary objects in a park.

The power of random unplugged activities to free your mind to create is miraculous.

Challenge Question

1. What is your favorite writing instrument? (Don't know? Then research, test, and find it.)