{"id":676,"date":"2020-03-27T16:41:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T23:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=676"},"modified":"2020-03-27T16:41:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T23:41:16","slug":"get-creatively-unstuck-and-make-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/get-creatively-unstuck-and-make-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Get creatively unstuck and MAKE SOMETHING!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JeugTodQEdc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re not limited by your &#8220;creativity&#8221; you&#8217;re limited by your selfishness. It&#8217;s okay. Everyone has some selfishness.  Creativity is not a measure of some magical power you have. It&#8217;s the evidence of how much you have created. Create things for people you love and you&#8217;ll be prolific.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re not limited by your &#8220;creativity&#8221; you&#8217;re limited by your selfishness. It&#8217;s okay. Everyone has some selfishness. Creativity is not a measure of some magical power you have. It&#8217;s the evidence of how much you have created. 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