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This is an edited extract from Madeleine Dore’s new book I Didn’t Do the Thing Today. Join Madeleine on her CreativeMornings FieldTrip on Navigating Productivity Guilt on February 15! (Photography credit Giulia Giannini McGauran.) When we conflate productivity with worthiness, what we do is never enough. We can always do more, and there is always more to do. There’s the laundry thing, the catch-up thing, the replying to a text thing, the grocery shopping thing, the cooking thing, the cleaning thing, the creative thing, the exercise thing, the work thing, the medical thing, the thing we ought to do, the thing we don’t want to do, the thing we’ve put off despite it being the one important thing. With this pile of undone things often comes an undercurrent of guilt, anxiety...

We turned to illustrators, photographers, writer, and designers to gather a list of helpful habits and self-care rituals for career anxiety that help provide a scaffold for their days — even if it’s just temporary.

Dealing with hardship is a hallmark of being human. We turned to writers, photographers, designers, and illustrators of CreativeGuild to find out how they navigate career anxiety in uncertain times. We think these insights from our thoughtful community — on what they’ve learned about feeling stuck, the comparison trap, and trusting yourself in times of uncertainty — are especially pertinent now.