Staying inspired...

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I'm kind of reluctant to post this here, but it'll probably be for the best... i guess. Anyway i was watching a video on cinemassacre, about james rolfe (avgn) about how he started out with making movies, and how he's still going to this day.
so basically i'm just wondering, what drives most of you to keep creating? This can be an amazingly creative site, so for those of you who actively create these different things, how do you stay inspired? What keeps you going, or holding you back? how do you juggle life and creativity? this can be applicable to anything, really; life, music, art, design WHATEVER... all i want to know is how you stay inspired? How do you hold onto the dream, or whatever? Just talk about whatever it is you actually do / want to do...
for me i want to create original art, as in drawings, stories (comics, etc) with my own original characters, settings etc. i just dont know how to manage time and energy.
so whats your perspective?