#104 ✏️ Stuck in Your Head? Sketch It Out.

A gentle nudge through creative block — one doodle at a time

Let’s be real — creative block 🛑 isn’t a lack of ideas 💡.

It’s too many.

Or none that feel right ✅.

Or that weird space where nothing feels worth starting because… you don’t know where it’s going.

I’ve been there. You’ve probably been there too.

And what helped me crawl out more than once?

Sketchnotes.

Not the polished kind.

Not the pretty Instagram grid kind.

Just raw, messy, scratchy visual notes — capturing whatever was honestly swirling in my head.

👋 Hello visual learners, I’m Kumar and welcome to my weekly newsletter.

Each week I share Sketchnote(s) on product, leadership, personal growth, and anything that helps you get started on Sketchnoting.

🎯 Why Sketchnotes Work Against Creative Block

• They bypass the pressure of “good writing.”

  You don’t need the right words — a scribble will do.

• They activate different parts of your brain.

  Drawing engages spatial, emotional, and kinesthetic thinking.

• They reveal patterns you didn’t know were there.

  Sometimes, your hand knows what you’re feeling before your mind does.

🧠 Try This: The “Dump & Doodle” Method

Next time you’re creatively stuck:

1. Grab a pen. Any pen.

2. Divide your page into 4 rough boxes.

3. Label them:

   • What’s on my mind?

   • What’s stuck?

   • What’s moving?

   • One thing I can try now

4. Sketch or write freely in each. Use arrows. Use faces. Use shapes. Just move.

Don’t aim to solve the block.

Aim to meet it with curiosity.

The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

~=~ Sylvia Plath ~=~

💬 A Sketch I Made During My Last Block

I was working with my stakeholder Product manager and he was stuck on how to get the messaging out about the journey in impactful way.

So I sketched out the sequence first in post it like blocks and then a road journey.

It didn’t look like a breakthrough. But it led to one.

🫵🏼 Your Turn — Sketch What’s On Your Mind

Are you feeling creatively stuck?

Try sketchnoting it — not to make art, but to make sense.

You don’t always need a solution.

Sometimes, you just need a sketch that says:

“I see you, stuck-ness. Let’s move through this together.”

Keep showing up,

Kumar

Sketchnoting my way through the mess, one block at a time

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