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Creative people can come up with unique and unusual excuses for not working on their projects or goals. Some excuses are more common and some are just ridiculous. Some excuses appear to be valid until we really examine them.
Creative people don’t always have money for new art supplies but what is wrong with the 100 tubes of paint you already have? Create you own support system; hmm, you know the one you hang out with at the bar might not be working for you. I don’t have enough energy because I am too busy eating at fast food restaurants, putting on weight, and increasing my blood pressure. Cooking can be creative, is fun, and can inspire you. If I had a publisher then I would have to write more. Isn’t this what you want? I can’t make it perfect, so why try. No one can create a perfect piece, which is why art is fun. You never know what will happen next. If I hadn’t screwed up, then I would be home free with my first book published. We all screw up from time to time and most of the time we get a second chance when we are ready.
You can chose to be proactive with your career and stop making excuses or stay stuck in a rut. Time management skills, learning to prioritize, and delegate will help you reach your goal. Use your creativity to help you think of ways to increase your income. Having a support system to help keep you on track or a Life Coach for creative souls will help. It takes patience, determination, and showing up to the canvas or paper even when you do not feel like it. Make sure you take care of your health, spiritual needs, and financial needs, so you can keep going.
Making a living as an artist is not easy and many artists maintain a Day Job to be financially secure. The important aspect to keep in mind is how much energy your day job will contribute to your creative life or take away from it. Some day jobs can increase our creativity by providing us with ideas to express while others become emotionally and physically draining. Day jobs can drain us of the energy we need to create ideas, painting, or sketches.
Day jobs are often an evil necessity, which we use to help pay the bills, provide us with medical insurance, and savings. Day jobs can provide us with positive experiences including contacts, which may lead to other contacts, art shows, or a chance to teach a class on the weekends. Artist can use them as a branch in their networking system.
If you are a salesperson, waiter, server, or a house painter, find out what your customers their profession is, and what their creative needs are, and what they participate in during their spare time. Perhaps, in a causal conversation while building a relationship with your customer you will find a hidden lead to a new gallery, a new job, or an art show. Building a relationship is like putting money in the bank, the more you build, the more you can count on or withdraw from when you need to market and sell your work. Carefully listening to the people around you will help you build positive relationships and build contacts.
If you work in a creative field during the day, your inner well can fill up with ideas for your own art while you are creating work for them. You may be able to receive discounts on art supplies, graphic art projects, brochures, business cards, or other printing needs.
When you choose your day job take a piece of paper, divide it in half, and write the pluses on one side and the negatives on the other side. When the pluses out number the negatives then you may have found the right day job for you. I hope you can cut back on the hours you spend at your day job in a few years and invest more time in your creative life.
If you are looking for a Creativity Coach to help you brainstorm, increase your self-confidence to approach publishers or galleries then email me at terricreativity.com for a discount price during September 2008. Act now before it is too late for a discount.
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