- Yoli's Brief
- Posts
- you should leave
you should leave
(use this framework to move forward)
You should leave, but no one’s going to tell you to go.
I do not mean cities. Or jobs.
I mean the version of you that’s keeping you away from what you want to experience in your creative work. This version that “needs more proof”. More “signs from the universe”. More guarantees. The one who makes decisions based on fear and calls it being smart, prepared, or whatever you want to call it.
You know who I’m talking about.
You’re trying to grow without letting go. And that never works.
You want better results, right?
New clients. New creative energy. New ideas that actually go somewhere.
Money that feels like it comes from who you are, not just what you do. (We know if you focus only on technical skills as a creative, AI will be staring at you while drinking coffee right across your desk). You need to show up. As a creative HUMAN.
But none of that happens if you're still operating with the same beliefs, the same self-image, the same protective patterns you’ve been using for years. At some point, you have to walk out of that version of you, even if you don’t know exactly who’s coming next. It can be scary, but…
You should leave.
I only started seeing changes when I stopped trying to be the “right” version of myself and started being the real one.
I used to separate things: This is me as a strategist. This is me as a human. This is me being sensitive and obsessive with human behavior, but this part stays private. Creative? Graphic Designer? Consultant? This part is “professional enough.”
Only If I knew…
I was splitting myself up to be more acceptable and somehow, it only made everything harder. It’s funny now, but I didn’t actually get better at work by learning more strategy.
I got better when I started living better. When I made peace with the weird parts, the sensitive parts, the intuitive parts. When I stopped editing myself so hard. I know, recovering perfectionist talking here.
That’s when I started making real connections.
Attracting the clients I could never dream of. Travelling to new places.
Getting invited to projects I didn’t even know I would be leading. Ever.
None of it came from “trying harder.”
It came from finally getting honest.
So maybe you’re at that edge too.
Maybe you’re tired of circling the same ideas in your head.
Maybe you’re starting to suspect you’re the one keeping yourself in this version of life.
Something in you doesn’t want to risk leaving the old setup. Even if it’s clearly not working anymore. You know exactly what happens with your phone if you don’t install the newest operating system, right? It will crash.
It’s scary to go without a map But you don’t need a full strategy.
(That’s what you’ve been telling yourself this whole time. “Once I figure it out, I’ll start.” Has that worked yet?)
No matter how many plans you sketch, you’re not going to think your way into change.
You’re going to have to move.
And if you need a simple framework to move through, use this.
It’s what I built for myself, and later, turned into the foundation of my second business, ENDLESS-ID:
The PEAK Method:
Prepare. Explore. Align. Keep going.
That’s it. That’s the real creative process.
You’re not “blocked”. You’re stuck in the loop.
Most people spend years circling the first two:
Prepare: they collect ideas, watch videos, hoard inspiration, talk about how they want to start.
Explore: they try something once, feel exposed, uncomfortable, unsure… and they retreat. “Maybe I’m not ready.” So they go back to Preparing. Again.
They never make it to the actual shift.
But when you do?
Align: you stop following what’s trendy or socially expected and start following what’s true to you.
Keep going: you build stamina. You stop ghosting your own ideas. You show up whether people are clapping or not. You become a leader of your own ideas.
That’s the difference between creative hope and creative direction.
If you have no clue on what phase you’re in, take the my free quiz on Creative Energy. It will tell you what’s holding you back and what your next steps could be.
I didn’t have an epic breakthrough moment.
I just got tired. Tired of trying to present myself a certain way so I could be taken seriously, but never feeling fully seen anyway.
And I realized: if I’m going to put this much effort into something,
why am I not doing it as myself?
That shift (letting the full version of me take up space) is what made everything else possible.
More aligned clients. International projects. Even higher rates. Way more energy. Time to travel and read the books I kept for so many years. Getting your creative life back. This is just… priceless.
You don’t get there by fixing yourself.
You get there by leaving behind the version that keeps trying to survive old conditions.
That’s what ENDLESS-ID is for.
It’s not a masterclass on how to go viral.
It’s not an aesthetic community full of fake intimacy.
It’s not a passive course you forget to open.
It’s a mirror.
It’s where you face what’s been looping inside.
To do the work you keep talking about.
To finally cross over into the creative identity you know you’re capable of, but haven’t fully stepped into yet.
Inside, there are:
40+ deep-dive sessions (audio + video)
Real conversations, not guru talk
Private community to ask, reflect, test and share
New classes every month
Interview with creative experts
AI Mentor to guide you through the classes (!!!)
And tools and ideas I’ve used in 14+ years of creative work
We’re keeping it small, so if you want in, now’s the time.
I want the people inside actually to want to be there.
If you’re a passive scroller, that’s not for you. It’s for people who are ready to get in the game. To leave the noise behind and build from who they really are.
So if you’ve been circling the same phase…
If you know there’s more in you, but you haven’t found the right space to bring it out…
Here it is.
Click here to join.
No pressure. But also, don’t wait for someone to rescue your creative flow, regardless.
That’s your job.
And you can handle it.
– Yoli