It's okay to give up

In the past months, I stopped podcasting, streaming, and coding for great personal reasons, which I will share with you in the future.

While it's crucial to stick to the things you feel you should continue doing, it should be okay to give up, take a break, or slow down when it doesn't make sense to continue doing them anymore or when it's impossible to keep up.

The alternative to periodicity—creating at a constant pace—is what I'll call seasonal creativity, which implies focusing on a specific endeavor for a given period, shipping it, and going dark until the following season.

Over the past few years, I have aimed to send a weekly newsletter, stream at least once a week, and release a monthly podcast episode. I continued sending the newsletter but paused the stream and podcast. Adding video to the podcast made editing and releasing episodes slower, and my reduced time availability made it harder to live stream on YouTube. Instead of producing throughout the year, it might make sense to release content in seasons.

Regardless of your creative pace, you should feel entitled to let your craft aside when life demands it and return to it when you are ready.