))
016 - Angry - A brutally honest episode about creative burnout, anger, and the choice to keep going.
Manage episode 493284901 series 3660772
Content provided by Patrick Fore. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Patrick Fore or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.
Everyone loves a comeback story. But what about the part where you’re just… sitting in a garage at 2 a.m., surrounded by half-charged batteries, broken gear, and a growing sense that something inside you might be cracking?
This episode isn’t about triumph. It’s about that strange, quiet middle, the one nobody posts about, where you’re not broken, not healed… just angry. Angry at the industry. Angry at yourself. Angry at the space between who you are and who you thought you’d be by now.
But that anger? Maybe it’s not a problem to solve. Maybe it’s fuel.
Topics Include:
- The weird middle space between burnout and breakthrough
- How anger can be creative fuel—if you let it
- Why “healing” and “finding joy” aren’t the point
- The choice to keep working, even when the work feels pointless
- Depression, resistance, and what it means to show up anyway
Opening Song:
“Demons” by The National
Used under license. All rights to 4AD Records and the artists.
Support the band at: americanmary.com
All other music provided by:
Mentioned in the Episode:
- A broken laptop stand
- The hum of depression
- That 2 a.m. garage air
- The space where the butterfly might land
Subscribe to the Newsletter + Get the Free Download:
Want more of this kind of honest, no-BS creative conversation?
Subscribe to The Terrible Newsletter and get The Darkroom — a free digital download about making real work in dark seasons.
17 episodes
Share
