Christine Poole

Scientist. Writer. Facilitator. Artist. Curious about what helps us grow.

Finishing

  • 🌫 The Finishing Fog

    There is a particular kind of fog that arrives at the end of creative work. I have started to call it the finishing fog. It is not the fog of not knowing what to do. It is not writer’s block. In fact, quite often, I know exactly what needs to happen. I just don’t want… Read more

  • 🦋  The Courage to Finish

    For a long time, I thought my challenge was starting. I had ideas. Lots of them. Projects, notes, drafts, possibilities. My mind was constantly connecting things, noticing patterns, imagining what something could become. But recently I discovered something more uncomfortable. My challenge was not starting – my challenge was finishing. Because there is a strange… Read more

  • 🌙 The Work That Happens After the Work

    After writing about my Creative Operating System (COS) on Monday, I found myself thinking about something I had overlooked. We often focus on the work of creating — but what happens after the work is finished? I used to think finishing a project meant asking one question: What’s next? As soon as something was complete,… Read more

  • 🧩 From Post-it Board to Creative Operating System (COS)

    For years I’ve been trying to find a planning system that actually works for the way my brain creates. I’ve tried notebooks, digital apps, and endless to-do lists. They all helped for a while, but eventually they became places where tasks accumulated rather than places that inspired action. A few weeks ago I pinned a… Read more