December is the most dangerous month for creative people.
It’s the way they use their creative power.
Your imagination can build you or trap you. Most people choose the trap.
And if you’re a talented creative, you’re even more at risk: your imagination is stronger than the average person’s. You don’t just think. You create. Destroy. Create again. You storyboard entire scenes in your mind. You connect dots. You think in possibilities. You rehearse scenarios that haven’t even happened yet. For the good and for the not-so-good.
That’s creative power.
And like any power, it can be used in two directions: forward or inward. Creation or containment. Building or self-sabotage.
Most talented people don’t move forward because their imagination stops being a tool. They use it as a cage.
The Trap: When Imagination Turns Inward
Creative people have a very specific problem: when you’re not creating externally, you don’t go blank, you create internally.
You turn imagination into:
detailed spirals of “what if it fails”
hyper-precise reasons why it’s “not the right time”
visions of how people might react
perfectionistic expectations no human could meet
It’s impressive, honestly.
You can use the same inner force that could launch a project…
to paralyze yourself with fictional outcomes.
This is why talented creatives don’t look “blocked” from the outside.
You’re busy. You’re thinking. You’re planning. You’re researching.
You’re refining the idea in your head over and over again.
But none of that leads to movement.
Internal creation feels productive because, technically, you are creating.
Just not anything that helps you.
So your imagination is working, just against you.
The Building: When Imagination Points Forward
Now let’s look at the 1%. The ones who actually break through.
They don’t have more time.
They don’t have more confidence.
They’re not “magically less afraid” of things.
They use their imagination on purpose.
Instead of constructing stories that justify hiding (or not starting), they build:
micro-steps
possibilities
prototypes
imperfect first versions
paths instead of (mental) prisons
In other words, they let clarity emerge from action.
And this is the part people hate to hear:
The difference between the stuck and the moving is not whether you have inspiration or not. It’s where you drive your imagination. This will determine everything.
Why This Matters at the End of the Year
Late December is dangerous for creatives. Everyone starts fantasizing about their “new year,” which is (once again) just imagination.
A small % use it to build hope, structure and direction. Most use it to create pressure, unrealistic expectations, and another round of “I’ll start when I feel ready” featuring *****another***** aesthetic moodboard. Aren’t you tired of it?
Your talent won’t take you where you want to go. Your vision will. And vision is just your imagination aimed correctly.
If you’re not intentional with it, the new year will look exactly like the last one. Your inner world will keep running old programming. Boo.
A Question to End the Year With
Ask yourself:
Is my imagination building something that frees me…
Or something that traps me?
And don’t intellectualize it. Feel the answer.
Because until you see where your inner power is going, you can’t redirect it.
Stop negotiating with your potential.
Stop designing scenarios that keep you small.
Stop using your creativity as a defense mechanism.
Let it build.
2026 is knocking on the door. How will you answer it?
Thanks for reading,
Yoli
