Getting the Spark Back 💥: Health, Creativity, and Calling

About this episode

Xero discusses his struggle with chronic fatigue and its impact on his creativity and daily life, while sharing updates on his projects and personal life.

In this episode of The Xeroforhire Podcast , Xero opens up about a quiet but significant struggle that’s been affecting both his creative output and day-to-day life: chronic fatigue. What initially felt like burnout or just “getting older” turned out to be something deeper—impacting not just energy levels, but motivation, clarity, and joy in the work he cares about most. Now on the path to recovery, he reflects on the importance of systems, habits, and discipline—especially when inspiration disappears. Even in a low season, those structures helped him keep moving forward, laying the groundwork for a creative resurgence that’s just beginning to take shape. From there, the episode shifts into updates across the Apocalyptiverse. New developments include progress on The Last Day comic (with a freshly completed page), upcoming story content featuring Mars, and continued collaboration on larger narrative arcs. There’s also momentum building behind the magazine, with digital releases, physical distribution, and new social channels on the horizon. Outside of publishing, Xero shares how his time has been rebalanced—investing deeply into family life, rebuilding a church worship team, and…

People in this episode

Host: Xero

Topics covered

• chronic fatigue
• creativity
• motivation
• family life
• Bible teaching
• publishing updates

Keywords

• chronic fatigue
• creativity
• motivation
• publishing
• Bible stories
• family life
• Apocalyptiverse

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Last Day, Paradise Lost

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