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your creativity doesn’t live on Pinterest.

We’re always talking about “finding inspiration.”

Like creativity is this thing out there: something you need to chase, collect, or download. But more often than not, you’re not uninspired. You’re just disconnected. Not because you’re lazy or unmotivated, but because your mind is full of other people’s ideas. Other people’s success. Other people’s style.

And it’s hard to hear yourself when all you’ve been doing is scrolling, saving, comparing. All. The. Time.

If you spend more time on Pinterest, Instagram, Cosmos, Behance, Arca (or whatever source of references you have) than with your own thoughts, you’re going to start losing the thread of what your voice even sounds like. You’ll get better at mimicking than making. You’ll confuse trends with truth. And your work might look good, but it won’t feel like you.

That’s not about talent. That’s about attention. And until you stop looking outside every time you feel unsure, you won’t actually get the clarity you’re chasing. You’ll just keep spinning.

Reading helped me notice this (not in a romantic way). It slowed me down long enough to realize how little time we can spend with our own minds, our own questions, and our own voices.

No one else can do that part for you. You can’t outsource your vision.
You either build it by paying attention or by reaching for whatever’s trending and hoping it sticks.

When you slow down and start thinking for yourself again, things get quiet.
You’re not updating your aesthetic every three days to stay relevant.

And that quiet can mess with your head.
You start to wonder if you’re doing something wrong.
If your creativity is broken. If maybe you should be posting more, pivoting again, trying that new method you saw someone talk about on a carousel.

But honestly?! You don’t need another content strategy template.
You need to get back in touch with how your creativity actually works.

Because not everyone is wired the same.

Some people are fast thinkers, full of ideas all the time. Others need space, stillness, and time to process before anything comes through. Some people are driven by emotion. Others by structure. Some burn hot and fast, others build slowly and steadily.

And if you’re trying to create like someone else when your system doesn’t work like theirs, of course it’s going to feel off. Of course you’re going to feel blocked, second-guessing everything, wondering why it’s not flowing. And eventually tie it up with your self-worth.

That’s why I made the Creative Energy Quiz. I really wanted to honour the creative moment you are in your life. Regardless of where you are in life, you will always have strengths available and some blockages to overcome.

So this quiz is a free tool to help you understand your natural creative rhythm, so you can stop forcing strategies that don’t fit you. Because the longer you ignore your real creative patterns, the more disconnected you’ll feel. No planner or content calendar can fix that.

But when you start working with your energy (not against it) you stop wasting time. You stop fighting yourself. And you start actually making things that feel like you again.

This doesn’t mean you have to throw everything out and go live in the woods. I know you’ve thought that. I did too.

You can still build a presence. You can still be visible.
But let it come from clarity, not panic.

If your creativity constantly feels heavy, unclear, or draining, it’s not because you’re not trying hard enough. It’s because you’re not working in a way that’s right for you.

And that’s what you need to fix. Not your content. Not your personality. Not your niche.

You.

Your energy. Your attention. Your process. Start there.

Take the quiz if you haven’t already. Sit with the results. Use it to check in with yourself before you go chasing more strategies or aesthetics. You might not need to change everything. You might just need to remember how you actually work. Or meet it for the first time.

Thank you for reading.

Yoli