Your creative year was better than you think
Map your year with Cynthia Morris
Thursday, December 17, 2026
Online at 8:00 am PT, 9:00 am MT, 10:00 am CT, 11:00 am ET, 5:00 pm CET
Can't attend live? The recording will be available to download.
Reserve your spot
for $75
"I thought all I did was put my head under a pillow this year, but in fact, I accomplished quite a bit. I don't tend to look back so this review was invigorating." 2022 participant
What a year! Seems like it's been a whirlwind for many of us. Here's your chance to pause before the full holiday swirl to realize you did more than you thought.
One of the biggest mistakes creatives make is not pausing to count the wins. Our creativity is always at play. Even when you are busy with other commitments or perhaps didn't meet your goals, I suspect you still have a lot to celebrate. The problem is most of us rarely slow down enough to glean insights and confidence from what we did do.
"The annual review for creatives has been like releasing a drop into the ocean. The more I review, the more is revealed." 2025 participant
This is for you:
- Writers and artists who feel like they didn't do enough
- Creatives who work solo and benefit from a kind, generous community to reflect with
- Anyone who wants a gentle way to end the year feeling encouraged and inspired.
Half a day to make the whole year shine
Join us for the Annual Review for Creatives workshop to cultivate a sense of appreciation for yourself and your efforts.
In this live online workshop, we’re going to explore 2026 to highlight how our creativity helped us be more authentic and whole.
This year, you will also get a few of my current coaching practices to make this an even richer experience.
We will take stock of our creative endeavors. It might seem like you didn’t do as much creative work as you would have liked.
“I accomplished more than I thought I did. I was slightly panicked at first that I really don't keep track of anything. But going through the exercises I found more and more to review and celebrate.” 2021 participant
Why review your creative year?
You stop measuring your year against your January intentions. Most creatives end the year with a vague sense of "I didn't do enough." A structured review swaps that feeling for evidence: the sketches, drafts, and attempts you forgot about. You find out your creative life was bigger than it felt.
You see your patterns, so 2027 doesn't repeat 2026. Looking back with focus shows what fed your work, what drained it, and when you actually showed up. That's how you build next year around how you really create, not around another round of resolutions.
You restart from momentum instead of guilt. Ending the year by crediting your effort changes how you begin the next one. You walk into January with energy and a clear sense of what you want to make, not with a backlog of shoulds.
Overview of our time together:
- Take stock of what you did
- Acknowledge how you felt
- Appreciate your resourcefulness
- Give yourself credit for the creative work you devoted yourself to
- Honor and celebrate yourself to fill your creative well for 2027.
Reserve your spot for $75.
Cynthia Morris has been coaching creatives for nearly 30 years. An active artist, writer and world traveler, she's learned the value of pulling over to reflect in order to have more creative space.
Included in Annual Review for Creatives:
- Preliminary work to prepare - not too much, don’t fret!
- Three-hour live workshop via Zoom
- Recorded video and audio of the workshop
- Handouts to use during and after the workshop
- Additional ideas to keep exploring your year using your creative assets
- Access to the replay and private group forum through 12/31 (NOT Facebook!)
“Thank you for providing a framework for reviewing the year! I found it helpful to look back and remember the fun things!” 2022 participant
REserve your spot for $75.
“Dear Cynthia, thank you for every wise, fun, life-enhancing, beautiful thing you do to share what you have discovered. This was a very enlightening way to review the year, attending to my creative life and experiences.
I feel ready to engage whatever is coming in this next year. Acknowledging I do need the help of the community of writers is a huge relief. I am excited, happy and full of curiosity. 2020 participant
You'll leave with a map of your year which will point you toward what you want more (and less) of in 2027. Insights, clarity, focus - priceless.
