It’s Part 3 of my summer project, which is completing ‘The Artist’s Way’ by Julia Cameron. In this episode I debrief on Weeks 9-12 and speak about:Week 9 | Compassion- Procrastination and discovering your particular brand of procrastination.- Overcoming procrastination requires self-compassion more than it does self-criticism.- Enthusiasm and discipline in long term projects.Week 10 | Self-protection - Getting honest about the things we use to distract and disrupt ourselves when we write.- Glorifying busyness and productivity is detrimental at the start of a new project when in fact we need more white space.- Boundaries and setting bare minimums.Week 11 | Autonomy- Taking responsibility for our art, our point of view as an artist and our creative process.- Why it’s not helpful to look outside of ourselves for what we ‘should’ be writing, how we ‘should’ be structuring our writing sessions, what our artistic life ‘should’ look like… - Planning artist dates with ourselves.Week 12 | Faith- Being willing to be optimistic in a culture and industry that can be cynical.- Accepting mystery and what’s unknowable in the early stages of a creative project.- Getting comfortable sitting in the dark with an idea while it takes root.Next month I’ll be back to speaking about craft as a new project unfolds…Thank you for listening. You can learn more about me on my website www.emilysheehan.info or say hi and ask me a question via @emilysheehan__ on Instagram.