Sustainable Creativity for Burnt-Out Tech Workers

A six-week online workshop designed for tech workers of all disciplines to build an ongoing, fulfilling creative practice.

Mondays, July 24 - August 28 | 5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern

It’s time to prioritize your creativity.

When it comes to our day jobs, we know how to get results — we align on key metrics, we create detailed project plans, and we execute on them. As product managers, designers, engineers, analysts, marketers and more, we have all these tools to achieve successful outcomes at work. So why isn’t it working for our creative practices?

In this six-week workshop, we’ll re-examine the tools and processes that serve us in our jobs and consider whether they also serve us in our art. We’ll address issues of constraint around time and energy, shift our focus away from efficiency and towards expression, and ensure our creative wells don’t run dry.

Creatives of all types are welcome, including artists who are exploring and experimenting across mediums. We will be journaling and using written reflections, but our discussions and tools can be applied to any practice.

Is this workshop for me?

  • You already know that your job is not the sole source of meaning in your life.

  • You feel an urgency to create something — to write, to draw, to paint, to express yourself and make something that comes from you and your unique point of view.

  • You know what it’s like to be in flow, often at your job, though less often in your creative practice.

  • You cycle through burnout, which prevents you from feeling connected to your art.

  • You struggle to find community and understanding around why it’s not enough to simply have a hobby.

If any of that resonates, then this workshop is for you. Come build the sustainable creative practice that you never thought you could have.

What this workshop offers:

  • Six weekly sessions, held live online, 90-120min each

  • Guided discussions within a small cohort (max. 10)

  • Tools to incorporate into your ongoing practice

  • An hour-long individual coaching session with Robin after the workshop concludes to address specific challenges

What this workshop asks:

  • Willingness to participate in discussions with intention

  • Commitment to weekly practice and reflections

  • Belief in your ability to change your creative practice

structure:

  • Week 1: Introductions, Creative Permission

  • Week 2: Unpacking Productivity and Outcomes

  • Week 3: Attention, Awareness and Connection

  • Week 4: Time Expansion and Experience

  • Week 5: Cultivating Sensitivity, Following Joy

  • Week 6: Sustainability, Reframing

pricing:

  • Early bird pricing: $975 (register by July 17)

  • General registration: $1175 (closes July 23)

  • If you’ve recently been laid off, please reach out to robinyang@gmail.com for information on discounted pricing.

Sessions meet via Zoom on the following Mondays at 5pm PT / 8pm ET: 7/24, 7/31, 8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28

About The instructor:

Hi! I’m Robin — an instructor, writer and creative practitioner based in San Francisco. As a product manager in the tech industry, I spent years struggling to build a creative practice protected from cycles of work-related burnout. Now, I help those who are where I was years ago live their creative selves with more clarity and resilience, and reconnect with a sense of artistic flow and possibility. I give talks about issues around impostor syndrome and leadership, and write Creative Compost, a newsletter dedicated to sharing what I’ve learned in my own journey.