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Organizational Tools for Self-Employment

Organizational Tools for Self-Employment

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In many ways, the dream of being an artist is the dream of being self-employed. Often when we think of working artists, we imagine a jet-setting life of all-the-time creativity. Sometimes that’s true, but statistically, that life isn’t the norm – not by a long shot. Being a full-time creative is about being a businessperson and entrepreneur. It’s about knowing how to manage yourself, how to diversify, and how to live within the confines you set for yourself. Let’s break…

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Week 1 Challenge: Between Worlds

Week 1 Challenge: Between Worlds

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Weekly challenges have begun! This is our chance for 3 wonderful things: To connect to our greatest creativity by giving ourselves parameters to work within. It might sound weird, but we are often able to thrive the most when we are given confines. To think in a totally new way. Did you know that if you can force your brain out of it’s comfort zone on a daily basis, you will be more likely to make bolder, more empowered decisions?…

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Batch Working

Batch Working

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I decided that I wanted to be able to take a few months off of my regularly scheduled work program, but I wasn’t sure how to go about doing that. How does one simply stop working but still make the train keep chugging? BATCH WORKING! I didn’t know that was a thing until I started doing it naturally. And that’s my point here – I think it is natural to do this. Batch working allows a state of creative flow…

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Artist Journal, Volume 2

Artist Journal, Volume 2

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There was a long period of time when I felt like everything I made had to be amazing. Screw that. I’m so far past that I think I might be going in the opposite direction. I liken it to choosing friends when you’re really young. At first, you want everyone to be your friend. You have an insatiable desire to be liked. And you quickly learn what behaviors are widely accepted and which are not, so perhaps, you adopt the…

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Artist Journal, Volume 1

Artist Journal, Volume 1

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I need to explain some complexities of my personality to properly tell you where I’m going lately. The first is that I spend a lot of time in introspection – in my head. I think A LOT. I stare a blank walls and papers, A LOT. I am not easily bored. All of that thinking leads to little discoveries that excite me and I love to experience those little excitements and surprises. And then, I condense those thoughts down to…

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