Practical tools for makers and learners. 2026-10-10T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/ Em 2026-10-10T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-10-10-instagram-went-quiet-someone-asked-for-cake/

Three Instagram videos got 95, 47 and 27 views in a week where the previous three got about 2,000 each. What I checked before blaming myself, what Instagram has actually changed about AI content, and the one comment that turned into a page people really used.

2026-09-26T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-09-26-the-brand-dms-i-havent-answered/

People keep DMing me to make content about their products, and I keep not answering. I went looking for whether that's just me being precious, and the numbers on trust made it more complicated, not less.

2026-09-20T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-09-20-heres-why-all-my-resources-are-free/

Someone DMed asking about my paid offerings. Here's what I told them, and what changed once I stopped chasing the algorithm and started just documenting what I'm building instead.

2026-09-13T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-09-13-more-than-a-posting-schedule/

How to use the internet to support a side project: join conversations, ask for feedback, and find creative input worth making time for.

2026-09-06T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-09-06-what-happens-when-you-stop-for-three-weeks/

I took almost three weeks off from building anything. Here's what I noticed when I came back, and why I think that matters more than daily output does.

2026-08-22T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-08-22-a-simple-3-question-reset-for-a-stuck-project/

When a project stalls, the instinct is to build a bigger plan. Three questions work better: what is making finishing harder, what small thing could you start this week, and what is already working that you should leave alone.

2026-08-09T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-08-09-learn-to-see-your-work-as-systems/

The cheapest way to understand what LLMs are actually for: stop taking courses, pick one repetitive thing you do every week, and map the trail of little jobs around the part you love. Three worked examples from three very different jobs.

2026-08-01T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-08-01-i-shelved-a-whole-novel-to-find-where-my-line-with-ai-is/

Hank Green paused three channels this week over how much he had been leaning on ChatGPT. I found my own line the expensive way, by shelving a novel I let five agents write, and it turns out code and prose sit on opposite sides of it.

2026-07-25T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-07-25-im-writing-a-fantasy-novel-using-the-system-i-used-for-business-books/

The story bible, chapter beats and check-back loop I used for business books transfer almost completely to fantasy, and the research turned out to be the part nobody warns you about.

2026-07-18T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-07-18-think-make-learn/

Ten days of daily video in, and what's actually holding the habit together: a camera setting, a mindset flip on low views, and a demo filmed off a TV screen because the perfect setup never came.

2026-07-11T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-07-11-two-weeks-of-daily-video-lessons/

Transitioning from silent carousels to daily videos, navigating the different expectations of Instagram and TikTok, and coping with the psychology of posting to crickets.

2026-07-04T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-07-04-friction-cringe-and-the-first-90-days/

Why beginning a new creative routine feels so difficult, why we overestimate the embarrassment of our mistakes, and why things start to flow around month three.

2026-06-27T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-06-27-how-to-run-a-project-build-day/

How I organize and run a single focused day of building, end to end

2026-06-21T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-06-21-how-to-make-your-vibe-coded-app-not-look-vibe-coded/

Your app doesn't look off because of the code. It looks off because of the defaults you never changed. Here's the checklist.

2026-06-06T00:00:00Z https://creativemindhabits.com/posts/2026-06-06-how-to-stop-chasing-every-new-ai-tool-and-actually-keep-the-ones-that-earn-it/

I tried about fifteen to twenty AI tools over the past year. Six are still in my weekly rotation. Here's the three-question framework I use to decide whether a new tool earns a permanent place.