A creative process isn’t all ebb and flow. Sometimes it’s slow, tedious, and meandering. The most frustrating thing about a creative process is that it doesn’t always produce results. That’s why so many people opt out. And this may be where you find yourself this week—exhausted and discouraged with nothing to show for it. You may feel like abandoning a project altogether, but don’t. Creativity, like growth, takes place in the dark. Find something else to busy yourself with for the next couple of weeks, and when you come back, you’ll discover something pushing up through the soil on January 13th.