The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft
By Jim Kroft
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🎙️ The Creative Life — with Jim Kroft
This podcast is for creatives who’ve chosen the long road.
Each week, I take one aspect of the creative life — a breakthrough, a challenge, or a tool that’s helping me — and share what I’m learning from the inside.
I started the show because I couldn’t find what I needed: a companion for the real challenges of making art while building a life around it.
The podcast swings between the psychological traps we face and the practical tools that keep me going. It moves between mindset and method — but always comes back to how we keep showing up.
I’m Jim, your host. I’ve lived a long life in the arts — full of meteoric highs and humbling lows.
Here are a few stops from the journey:
🎸 Released 7 records — from major labels to van tours
🎥 Filmed 6 feature docs, screened at 200+ festivals
🧠 Built a creative business in Berlin since 2013
✍️ Top 1% on Substack for weekly consistency
📈 Raised nearly €100K for refugee & Ukraine war efforts
🎧 The Creative Life has hit the Apple Podcast charts
Thanks for being here,
Jim
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Grind Culture Breeds Grind Culture Results (VOICE NOTE)
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May 13, 2026 |
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The Steve Jobs Rule That Can Save Your Creative Career
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Beyond the Age of Content
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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What Hemingway Can Teach Creatives About "The Content Trap"
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Why All Your Goals Should Point to One Thing
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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The December Reset: How to Turn End-of-Year Burnout into Momentum for 2026
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Stop Waiting To Become Yourself
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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The Message In Your Stuckness
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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How I Overcame 3 Months Creative Resistance as a Musician
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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When You Feel You Have Nothing to Give
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Why We Stop Doing the Thing We Started
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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I Ripped Up My Routine to Serve My Creativity (Here's What Happened)
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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Go Where The Mood Take You - When to Ditch the Plan and Follow the Creative Pulse
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Creativity Isn’t a Goal. It’s a Way of Living.
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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How to Reset When You've Drifted From Yourself
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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A Message For Solo Creators
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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You Will Lose Your Way
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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You’ll Want to Quit. That’s Part of the Path.
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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How I Joined Substack’s Top 1% for Consistency — and the 4 Writing Habits That Got Me There
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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An Artist's Assault on Niching Down
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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The Death of the Artist in the Age of Algorithms — And The Fight to Stay Human
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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One Clear Purpose Per Day: A Creative System to Stay Focused and Finish What Matters
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May 23, 2025 |
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How To Keep Going When Life Loses Meaning
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May 16, 2025 |
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Should I Finish It or Let It Brew?
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May 05, 2025 |
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Do You Have the Courage to Write Badly?
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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The Curious Catalyst of Being Trolled
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Start Somewhere | Releasing "Vampires" & Overcoming Self Doubt
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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What Story Are You Telling? | Overcoming Writer’s Block, Creating My New Album & Releasing It
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Burnout - How to Overcome Emotional Black Holes
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Finishing Things Is Hard: Why the Last 20% is Challenging and What to Do About It
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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The Power of Templates in Creative Life
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Are You In Flight From Yourself? → Why Busyness Masks a Deeper Escape
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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How to Use—and Challenge—Parkinson's Law: Applying Productivity Lessons to Creativity
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Why Over-40s Struggle with Social Media: Overcoming Fear to Launch Your Podcast, YouTube Channel, or Newsletter
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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What Is Your One Thing? ► Rilke's Take on a Modern Conundrum
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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The Maverick Wisdom of Gordon Raphael
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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The Holiness of One Good Hour
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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The Joy and Pain of Podcasting
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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How To Start A Creative Project From Scratch | Jim Kroft
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Move Towards What You're Most Afraid of ★ Amistat
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May 11, 2024 |
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The Mission and The Breath | Jim Kroft
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Go All In | "That Icelandic Guy" Talks YouTube
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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The Philosophy of Monk Mode | Jim Kroft
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Be Driven By Intrinsic Motivation | Aishwarya Ashok
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Finding Inspiration in Failure | Steven King
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Zig When They Zag | Josh Spector
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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A Blueprint for Creatives in 2024 | Jim Kroft
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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The Rollercoaster of Completing "The Isolation Diaries" Film | Jim Kroft
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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How I Use Deep Work to Get Stuff Made | Jim Kroft
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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No Turns to Yes | The Dark Tenor
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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It's Not Too Late | Jim Kroft
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Fail Forwards | Boris Eldagsen
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Things Aren't Linear Forever | Jay Clouse
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Document Your Journey | Hypefury's Yannick Veys
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Beyond the Precipice | Reuben Stone
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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It Comes Back to You | Ioana Pioaru
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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Share Every Step | Arvid Kahl
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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You Will Get an Audience | eLL cartoons
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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Follow Your Calling | KP - "Build in Public"
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Jul 13, 2023 |