Accountability Tools for Creatives

Design a system that works with your life—not against it.

What if it’s not you that’s broken—but your system?

Most creatives don’t fall off track because they don’t care. They fall off because they built a system for a version of themselves that doesn’t exist. The hyper-productive one. The always-on one. The one who never gets sick, tired, or discouraged. But life is louder than that. And it deserves a system built for reality—not perfection.

What You’ll Learn

Accountability Tools for Creatives is an 8-module, story-driven course that helps you rebuild momentum, clarify your direction, and create sustainable creative flow.

This course will help you:

  • Design systems that reflect your actual life and values

  • Rebuild creative rhythms you can return to—even after chaos

  • Clarify your priorities and protect your energy

  • Replace burnout cycles with meaningful structure

  • Build a dashboard that helps you stay grounded, not overwhelmed

  • Learn to review, reflect, and return—without guilt

What’s Inside the Course

This isn’t just a course—it’s a complete system to help you rebuild momentum, protect your energy, and create work that actually aligns with your life.

Here’s what you’ll get:

  • 5+ Hours of Video Lessons

    Story-driven videos designed to ground and guide.

  • 160+ Page Workbook

    Reflective prompts, practical exercises, and assignment-based modules to help you apply the work, not just think about it.

  • Tools & Frameworks

    Rituals, tracking systems, and templates that flex with your energy and grow with your goals.

  • Community Access

    A private online space to ask questions, share wins, and connect with other creatives building something real.

  • Weekly Group Coaching Calls

    For guidance, accountability, and real-time support. Show up with your questions—we’ll walk through it together.

  • Optional 1-on-1 Check-Ins

    Personalized support to help you integrate the system and tailor it to your life and season.

Whether you’re rebuilding after burnout, launching something new, or simply ready to do things differently—this course meets you where you are, and gives you the tools to keep going.

We offer three ways to take the course:

Self-Guided

Work directly with Preston to personalize the process.

Includes full course access + 8 private sessions to help you navigate roadblocks, clarify your direction, and adapt the system to your real life.

One-on-One

Join a small cohort of like-minded creatives.

Together, you’ll move through the course over 8 weeks—sharing insights, building momentum, and staying accountable with support and structure.

Group Cohort

Go at your own pace. Return whenever you need.

Perfect if you want flexibility and quiet structure. Includes full course access, downloadable tools, and a supportive community space to check in when you’re ready.

Inside the Course

Each module builds on the last—layer by layer, lesson by lesson—to help you design a sustainable system grounded in clarity, rhythm, and values. Each of the 8 modules includes:

  • A short video lesson for each of the lessons

  • Reflective workbook exercises

  • Practical tools and frameworks

  • Rituals for sustainable action

  • Optional coaching support and community check-ins

Whether you’re rebuilding after burnout, launching a project, or just craving clarity—this course meets you where you are.

Module 1: Start Here — Build Your Creative Momentum

Set your rhythm. Name your season. Lay the groundwork for a system built around who (and where) you are right now—not the idealized version of yourself.

→ Includes: Rhythm Track Selector, Commitment Setting, and Return Rituals

Module 2: Ground — Build from Identity, Not Pressure

Explore your core values, energy cycles, and the stories you’ve inherited about productivity and self-worth.

→ Includes: Future Self Mapping, Values Audit, Habit Design, and Nervous System Reset

Module 3: Align — Clarity Before Complexity

Redefine success in your terms. Identify what truly matters, and begin shaping your system to reflect that.

→ Includes: Purpose Mapping, Eternal Value Framework, and Decision Filters

Module 6: Sustain — Build Resilience, Not Just Routines

Learn how to work with resistance, low-energy days, and changing seasons.

→ Includes: Burnout Reset Plan, Motivation Toolkit, and Low-Capacity Rituals

Module 4: Audit — Get Honest with Your Current Reality

Take stock of what’s working (and what’s not). Shine light on your current systems, blind spots, and energy leaks.

→ Includes: Time & Tool Audit, Friction Finder, and Email/Social Hygiene Exercises

Module 7: Connect — Support Beyond the Self

You don’t have to do it all alone. Learn how to build healthy, low-pressure accountability into your practice.

→ Includes: Accountability Partnership Guide, Check-In Prompts, and Communication Templates

Module 5: Build — Design a System That Feels Like You

Map out a flexible framework for sustainable creative flow using the Five Layers of Accountability.

→ Includes: System Mapping, Dashboard Templates, and Daily Ritual Builders

Module 8: Return — Create a Rhythm That Lasts

Establish your return point. Lock in your weekly/monthly check-in rituals. Begin again—with more presence and less pressure.

→ Includes: Creative Manifesto, Review Rituals, and Long-Term Support Planning

Lifetime Access to the Lasting Embers Community

When you enroll, you also unlock access to the Lasting Embers platform—a private, supportive space for creatives, educators, and guides.

Founding Members Offer:

Complete the course and submit your reflections to receive free lifetime membership to the community.

Who It’s For

This course is designed for:

  • Creatives navigating burnout or transition

  • Founders and freelancers building new rhythms

  • Artists, educators, and guides ready to work from clarity, not chaos

  • Anyone who wants to align how they work with how they want to live

Ready to Begin?

Let’s build something that lasts.