I don’t know about the rest of you creative folks out there, but finding a balance between art-making, marketing and admin is sometimes the hardest job of all. I love making the art, but without the marketing and the admin, it’ll never go out the door. I get torn between love of one thing and [...]
I am exceptionally good at freaking myself out. One morning, I sat down and calculated the cost of my returning to France next year to continue studying. As I’d suspected, it’s around $20,000. Ay carumba. All those zeros still freak me out. And while it’s not that much considering the quality of education I’ll be [...]
I was suddenly, radically clear the other day on how I want my business to evolve. Which is scary. And I promptly freaked out. Because when you have clarity, there is absolutely nothing stopping you from moving forward. You can see the next step right in front of you. You know it’s the right [...]
I’ve been super busy this week but really wanted to post something to the blog, so decided to make a video! I actually decided to paint and talk. Possibly not my best idea ever. I’m not even sure if there’s a point to this video at all. I sort of ramble. And by sort of, [...]
I was really determined to write a great blog post today. It was on my list. It was my marketing activity for the day. I started writing about 5 lessons I learned about life from the movie, Mulan. It just began to sound cheesy though. So I left it. Maybe I’ll go back to it [...]
So first, I have a confession to make. It’s going to sound really un-artist like, and I apologize if I shock your tender sensibilities. Dude, I love business and marketing. I know it’s not very seemly for an artist to passionately declare her love of marketing, but it’s true. I was 16 when it dawned [...]
Well things have been interesting since the last time I wrote. (Has it really been a week already?) There’s been some hard stuff, but I’m not ready to talk about that yet. Maybe soon. Jesse’s gone home to visit family, and I’m spending the next 2 weeks alone, for the first time ever. It’s taking [...]
I am, occasionally, accused of working too much (usually by well-meaning friends). It’s probably true. I work a lot. Longer than 8 hour days, by far. Probably closer to 10-12. But it doesn’t usually feel like work to me. This is what I’d be doing for fun if I had a cubicle job. [...]
Don’t worry, I’m not going to start telling you that you need to eat organic foods and reduce your carbon footprint – many others are doing that far better than I could. No, I’m talking about my business, my career. Lately, I’ve woken up to the merits of organic growth. Note: this post will ramble [...]
So I’ve talked things over with my partner-in-crime and boyfriend and I’ve come to a decision – I’m quitting the smoothie job. But the deal is, if I’m going to quit, I’ve got to do it intelligently. I can’t just quit haphazardly with no idea of where the money is coming from. So I’d like [...]
