BUILD A CREATIVE PRACTICE THAT LASTS.
Daily Creative Habit™
There was a day I almost didn't come back to art.
After nearly ten years away from creating, I found myself sitting alone in a Starbucks with an old sketchbook and a pen. I honestly wasn't sure if I could still draw. The first thing I attempted was a simple coffee cup sitting on the table in front of me.
It was… terrible.
My hand felt rusty, my confidence was gone, and my ability wasn't what it used to be. I remember feeling embarrassed, even though no one around me was paying attention to what I was doing.
Then I realized something that changed everything.
That drawing wasn't a test of whether I still "had it." It was the first step in a much longer journey. If I judged the entire journey by one awkward sketch, I'd never come back tomorrow. So I set my judgment aside.
And came back the next day.
And the next.
That one coffee cup became Day One of a daily creative practice that has now lasted for more than a decade. Along the way, it has shaped not only my artwork, but also my books, my speaking, the workshops I lead, and the way I move through the world.
Daily Creative Habit™ grew out of that experience.
It's not about becoming a professional creative or adding another task on your to-do list. It's about building a creative practice that helps you reconnect with yourself, one small step at a time.
My day one drawing
Most people don't lose their creativity. They lose touch with it.
Life gets busy. Work demands more of us. Families grow. Responsibilities pile up. Before we know it, the creative parts of ourselves get pushed further and further into the background. We tell ourselves we'll get back to it someday, but someday has a way of drifting away indefinitely.
That's why I believe creativity isn't a place inside of us that we visit. It's a practice we live.
A creative practice isn't about making masterpieces. It's about making space. It's a way to pay attention, stay curious, and reconnect with the parts of yourself that get buried beneath the pace of everyday life.
WHY DAILY CREATIVE HABIT™?
THERE ISN'T ONE RIGHT WAY TO BEGIN.
Daily Creative Habit™ is a philosophy you can practice in a variety of ways, depending on where you are in your journey.
Read It
Start with Make Fun a Habit, Creative Power, or the Daily Creative Habit™ Journal and discover simple practices that help creativity become part of your everyday life.
Experience It
Join me for a workshop, invite me to speak, or participate in a creative experience designed to help individuals, teams, and communities reconnect with creativity in meaningful ways.
Practice It
Receive weekly encouragement through the newsletter, listen to the Creative Chats podcast, or connect with other creatives inside the Daily Creative Habit™ Facebook community.
Go Deeper
If you're ready for more support, I offer select coaching and guided experiences for people who want to build a lasting creative practice with encouragement, accountability, and thoughtful guidance along the way.
THE GOAL ISN'T SIMPLY TO MAKE MORE ART.
The greatest gift my daily creative practice has given me isn't a body of artwork. It's a different way of living.
I'm more curious than I used to be. I'm more willing to try something before I know exactly how it will turn out. I've learned to embrace progress over perfection, and I've discovered that showing up consistently matters far more than getting it right every time.
That's what I hope Daily Creative Habit™ offers you.
Not because I think everyone should become an artist, but because I believe everyone benefits from living a more creative, connected, and colorful life.
BEGIN WHERE YOU ARE.
You don't need the perfect sketchbook or the perfect idea. You don't need more talent or more time before you can begin.
You simply need a place to start.
If a terrible drawing of a Starbucks coffee cup could become the beginning of a completely different life for me, imagine what one small creative step could become for you.
Start Your Practice.
TOOLS FOR YOUR CREATIVE PRACTICE
Creativity is a journey. You might be just starting, returning after a time away, or seeking a more significant and authentic expression. This creative journal is designed to equip you to consistently show up for your own creativity and lead you to make discoveries in the process. The daily framework comes from Creator & Communicator Mike Brennan’s own creative journey. After 10 years of not being creative in his own art, Mike had a creative comeback of over 10 years of daily creativity that he had implemented into his life, his clients’ lives, and now yours. With this creative journal, you will learn to establish a daily creative habit of your own!
This 90-day guided creative journal offers a simple, but powerful method to establish a more consistent creative practice in your life. A Daily Creative Habit!
In just a few minutes a day using this journal, you will unlock your creativity by consistently taking small daily steps. Spend a few minutes in the morning and evening - to set your intentions and plan creative goals that help you show up daily, leading toward thriving creative practice.
Begin every morning with a creative daily quote and follow the prompts and questions that lead toward action steps.
In the evening, reflect on three questions that help you evaluate the creative goals you set and how your experiences of the day unfolded.
This journal would make a great gift for those special creative loved ones in your life to get them started, return, or experience a more consistent, fulfilling creative life.
Daily Creative Habit™ Creativity Cards
Get your Daily Creative Habit™ started with this deck of prompts designed to jumpstart your creative spark! Each card offers a unique prompt to get you brainstorming fresh ideas, overcoming creative blocks, and igniting your daily creative practice.
Daily Creative Habit™ Creativity Cards
Creative Professional Edition
Take your brainstorming to the next level with this deck of 52 creative prompts designed for designers, writers, photographers, and creative teams. Each card helps spark fresh ideas, overcome creative blocks, and bring more play, curiosity, and momentum to your creative process.