50. Your Obvious Idea Is Your Best Idea

50. Your Obvious Idea Is Your Best Idea

From Wild Geese by Anna Howard | Podcast Strategist

April 21, 2026 · 27 min · Episode 50

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of embracing obvious ideas and the pressure to create original content.

We all need to collectively decide to stop stopping ourselves from making things because they've been made before!! Also, stop sh*tting on people for making things that have been made before! Use code WILDGEESENB for a 25% off Notability subscription!! https://promo.notability.com/wildgeese RESOURCES MENTIONED CHECK OUT MY NEW VLOG CHANNEL ON YT Connect with me: 📓 Anna's Substack Newsletter ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 the pressure to create original ideas 02:09 Living the questions - Rilke 04:05 art as a container for your questions 04:38 don't be afraid to do the obvious08:44 sometimes, i'm in over my head10:30 giving myself what I need through my creations11:41 do we need new ideas, or better influencers? 12:52 social reproductive labor14:58 the discomfort of care17:00 social reproductive labor & influencers18:40 complexities of sharing your work online 19:53 wondering about what already exists 21:30 ideas are not private property22:30 the problem of pain C.S Lewis23:00 your lived experience already IS original 25:00 digital gardening25:30 when i accept myself just as I am , I change 26:00 accept your ideas like you would…

People in this episode

Host: Anna Howard

Topics covered

  • creativity
  • originality
  • social reproductive labor
  • influencers
  • self-acceptance

Keywords

  • creativity
  • original ideas
  • social labor
  • influencers
  • self-acceptance
  • art
  • digital gardening

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Books & works: Rilke

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