Episode
31: No One Is Coming to Enforce Your Real Work
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- Create the Work of Your Life
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- Jun 3, 2026
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- 1578
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Summary
You keep every deadline someone else sets for you. So why do yours keep falling apart? In this episode, Jordan Blaquera names what's really happening when artists move, soften, or abandon the deadlines they make for themselves — and it has nothing to do with discipline. It's a self-trust problem. And every broken commitment is quietly costing you more than you think. Jordan shares the behind-the-scenes story of how this podcast got relaunched — including a peer challenge, a recording session deep into the night before a flight, and the moment she realized: I didn't want the dessert. I wanted the result. You'll leave with a clear understanding of why internal deadlines feel optional, what that's doing to your creative work, and one simple way to start rebuilding trust with yourself — even if you've been breaking your own word for years. Your work is too meaningful to be optional. This episode is about what it takes to treat it that way. Learn more about working with Jordan Blaquera or the Create Anyway Collective (CAC) where visual artists create a new cohesive series in 5 months: About Jordan Blaquera