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# Overcoming The Mid-project Blues and a new creativity exercise
- URL: https://www.philmckinney.com/overcoming-the-mid-project-blues-and-a-new-creativity-exercise/
- Published: 2007-10-01T18:06:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-01T14:10:33.000Z
- Author: Phil McKinney
- Tags: Past Shows, Studio Sessions, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-03-26 05:08

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**Segment 1: Overcoming the Mid-Project Blues**

- Project go through three phases  
  - Start-up Enthusiasm
  - Mid-Project Blues
  - End-of-Project Euphoria ([blog entry on recent launch](https://www.philmckinney.com/2007/09/the%5Flaunch%5Fof%5Fan%5Finnovation%5F1.html "Launch of an innovation"))
- How do you overcome?  
  - Remind yourself why you started the project (e.g. go back to you notebooks and re-live the start)
  - Take break … go on vacation
  - Come up with new ideas for the project (e.g. develop the plans for after launch)

**Segment 2: Listener Question**

> *"I’m a creative person. How do I get a job that is a better fit?"*

**Segment 3: Creativity Exercise**

- \- Paper or something else to write on (e.g. index cards)
- \- Pen or pencil
- \- A stop watch or egg timer
- \- imagine you were just given a pen made of clear plastic
- \- There is one issue – it has no ink.
- \- In one minute, how many ideas can you come up with?

> The most I’ve seen is about a dozen or so ….. all in one minute.