Make the Work You're Afraid to Make

The Pattern

The work that matters most to you is the work you're most afraid to make. Not because it's technically hardest — because it requires you to be seen in a way that the safer work doesn't. That work is worth making.

What Mastery Looks Like

A sustained, courageous creative practice that is honest about what it costs

Helpful guides

Mura

Creativity

Peri

Recognize this pattern?

Peri can help you tell whether this pattern is really the one you’re caught in, and point you toward where to start.

The Path Forward

This pattern is guided by Mura. When you’re ready to work through it, Mura can help you find the path — or ask Peri where to start.

Work with Mura

Related patterns

Patterns that often live alongside this one.

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Break Through Creative Block

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Come to Terms With Your Mortality

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Create Just for the Joy of It

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Create More Consistently

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Get Past the Fear of Sharing Your Work

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Heal From Heartbreak

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Let Go of Perfectionism

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Own Your Identity as an Artist

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Rebuild Your Faith After Doubt

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Speak Up When It Matters

Working through make the work you're afraid to make?

Tell Peri what you’re noticing, and start where it actually helps.