The library
The worksheets.
Every video I make comes with one. They're quiet places to slow down and notice what a video may be touching in you. There's nothing to fix and nothing to finish.
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Tell me where to send it and I'll email you the way in. Every worksheet below is waiting there, and each new one joins them when its video goes up. You won't have to ask again.
The form is just below. One email opens the whole library, and you'll get The Bushido Brief when a new worksheet is ready.
Twelve worksheets, and counting
Healing
Creativity as a place to heal
Companion to the video Creative Healing
For the video about Emily, who found that making things gave her healing somewhere to take root while she did the harder work in therapy.
Regret
The Creative Return
Companion to the video Create Through Regret
Eight sections on coming back to your creative life after a long time away, and on telling regret apart from shame.
Attention
The Gratitude Guard
Companion to the video How Artists Stay Present
A weekly inventory that keeps your attention on what's actually here, so fear has less room to work.
Self-criticism
Healing the Inner Critic
Companion to the video Creativity Isn't a Courtroom
Traces where your harshest voice came from, and how to answer it with something other than punishment.
Burnout
The C.R.E.A.T.E.R. Scale
Companion to the video Return to Center
A seven-stage map from creative flow to burnout, with a weekly check-in so you catch the drift early.
Stillness
My Name Is Stillness
Companion to the video What Your Art Is Missing
Three sections on the pause your work has been asking for, and on what pulled you away from it.
Purpose
Your Why Journal
Companion to the video Discovering Your Deep-Seated Why
Questions that trace your creative drive back through your history, so the work has something solid under it.
Discipline
The Creator's Path Journal
Companion to the video Bokeh Bushido Creator Guide
The Bokeh Bushido Creator Code as a working journal for reflection, goals, and craft.
Curiosity
Wander Into Wonder
Companion to the video Wander Into Wonder
A curiosity worksheet for the video on how curiosity moves the creative process along.
Overthinking
Think Less, Make More
Companion to the video Think Less. Make More.
A companion to the video on how the noise in your head stalls the work before it starts.
Praise
Disqualifying the Positive
Companion to the video The Lie That Keeps Artists Small
On brushing off praise, with mindset rewrites and a seven-day challenge to practice taking it in.
Courage
What You Gain When You Dare to Create
Companion to the video When You Can't Say It, Create It
A worksheet for making something raw and honest, with no polish required.