Experiments become experience

Being a creative means you don’t get to know the future.

None of us know what the future is holding. And creating asks something of you anyway: a little faith in the nextstep. Sometimes that step doesn’t land where you expected.

Over the years I’ve learned it takes a little faith to navigate the ins and outs of creativity.

Sometimes you need a vision to start. Sometimes you have to start to find the vision. And the vision changes over time, shaped by every experiment along the way.

Experiments become experience.

That’s not a good or bad thing. It’s just the way it is.

Whenever I get stuck, I break it down into a roadmap and do the next thing next. That’s why I created Nextstepnext. It’s been my philosophy for 30 years, ever since I figured out that everything works out eventually, just not always the way you expected.

So find a little faith, take action, and do the nextstep.

What’s the nextstep? Next.

This is the Nextstep Method: Anchor, Wall, Snap, Nextstep. For more, follow Nextstep Notes every Thursday.

Kindness is cool, smiles are free.

Russ Johns