#Escape from the dark how to

She was feeling stuck on her project and tied to her original idea, and it was sinking her. Sure enough, CГ©line was trapped in the Forest. The secret of getting out of the Forest isnвЂ™t вЂњdoing the work,вЂќ itвЂ™s a Focus Session.

#Escape from the dark how to

We were looking for a way to do a Workshop Episode that would really get at the heart of what it felt like, and how to get out. My producer Benjamin Frisch and I just finished an episode of the podcast on the Dark Forest last week. But I had a feeling I knew what was going on: The Dark Forest had closed in on her. I was rivetedВ by her story I noticed her absence. But after being a constant presence in the group for a month, sheвЂ™d disappeared. But a plan that gets you sitting day after day and staring at your notes as they become increasingly incomprehensible is not a plan youвЂ™ll follow for long.Д¬Г©line is a member of the Out on the Wire Working Group, theВ online platform associated with the Out on the Wire podcast for workshopping our stories. And I talked a lot about the value of having a plan, how that can help you keep moving forward.ДЄnd a plan that breaks down your work into doable, understandable pieces is super important. OMG, I would seriously consider throwing over my whole life for a little guy like this, too.ДЄ couple of weeks ago I wrote about the Dark Forest, the scary, discouraging place we often get trapped in when weвЂ™re feeling stuck on a project- particularly in the middle of big, ambitious creative projects. It had also landed CГ©line deep in the Dark (German) Forest (both literally and metaphorically). The idea was heartfelt, original, and profound. But then during a visit to her fatherвЂ™s farm, an orphan wild baby boar, named Gustav, decides to adopt Celine as his replacement momвЂ¦Like everybody else, she knows from the beginning that raising a male wild boar is a stupid and possibly dangerous idea, but she canвЂ™t help it.вЂќ вЂњCГ©line is determined to never let anybody get too close to her, especially her father, who somehow always ends up hurting her. SheвЂ™d written a really powerful Story Madlib (a story structure tool I talk about in episode 4 of the Out on the Wire podcast) where she created parallels between her own decision-making vis a visВ the boars to her fatherвЂ™s reckless behavior, which hadВ always stood between them. CГ©line is working on an autobiographical audio story about how she turned her life upside-down in order to care for two baby wild boars on her fatherвЂ™s remote farm in Germany.