The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft

Hello and welcome to "The Jim Kroft Podcast"!

It's a crazy week as I am desperately completing "The Isolation Diaries" documentary.

Tonight is the first cinema screening, and because it's such an important and intense week, I was determined to share the experience with
you here on the Podcast.

In this episode, I share:
  • Using a public release as a tactical decision to get something finished
  • The absurdity of taking on a vast creative project like a documentary in a Snapchat world
  • Spiritual lessons gleaned from recomposing yourself after a period of great devastation
  • How I'm thinking about the release plan
  • Some audio cutaways from the documentary itself
I hope there's some inspiration and ideas in here for all of you wrestling with your own projects, whether creative or business.

Finally, feel welcome to join my newsletter where I am considering previewing the documentary over Christmas.

Are you ready? Then, let's dive in!
Your host,
Jim 

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What is The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft?

🎙️ The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft

This podcast is for creatives who’ve chosen the long road.

Each week, I take one aspect of the creative life — a breakthrough, a challenge, or a tool that’s helping me — and share what I’m learning from the inside.

I started the show because I couldn’t find what I needed: a companion for the real challenges of making art while building a life around it.

The podcast swings between the psychological traps we face and the practical tools that keep me going. It moves between mindset and method — but always comes back to how we keep showing up.

I’m Jim, your host. I’ve lived a long life in the arts — full of meteoric highs and humbling lows.
Here are a few stops from the journey:

🎸 Released 7 records — from major labels to van tours
🎥 Filmed 6 feature docs, screened at 200+ festivals
🧠 Built a creative business in Berlin since 2013
✍️ Top 1% on Substack for weekly consistency
📈 Raised nearly €100K for refugee & Ukraine war efforts
🎧 The Creative Life has hit the Apple Podcast charts

Thanks for being here,
Jim

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