{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft","title":"I Ripped Up My Routine to Serve My Creativity (Here's What Happened)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1587,"description":"📬 Substack - The Creative Life Newsletter\nhttps://www.jimkroft.substack\n\nWelcome back to The Creative Life Podcast\nThis week’s episode is about the routines we’ve grown too attached to — the ones we built to survive another time in our lives but never thought to question.\nI realised mine were no longer serving me. They were built for who I was, not who I’m becoming. So I tore them up and gave up alcohol, not as a test of will, but to serve my creative energy better.\nIt made me notice something larger. We’ve become strangely comfortable living with fatigue, low moods, and dark thoughts, without ever challenging the lifestyle that goes with them. We accept the symptoms without questioning their cause.\nWhat followed for me was a period of reawakening: better sleep, clearer thoughts, and a renewed excitement for life and work. In this episode, I share what I changed, why I did it, and how breaking old patterns can open space for who you’re meant to become.\nThis isn’t about productivity. It’s about reclaiming the energy and clarity that make you feel alive.\nWhat you’ll learn:\n🧭 How to recognise when your routine belongs to a past version of you\n⚡ Why energy, not time, is the real creative foundation\n🍷 What giving up alcohol revealed about mood, focus, and clarity\n🔍 How to challenge habits that quietly dull your potential\n🔥 Why breaking one pattern can transform your creative life\nI'm your host, Jim Kroft, thank you so much for being here \nLet's dive in!\n📺 YouTube:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/jimkroft\n🎧 Spotify Music:\nspoti.fi/4aHoI0Y\n📷 Instagram:\nhttps://bit.ly/3Scy6S3\n🎙️Podcast:\nhttps://bit.ly/3OycQVO","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/sRMHnm0xxKf0v9LRXXrhC80UWmDYfoJ58SXe99XobxA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQyODgxLzE2ODc5/OTc3MzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}