Earlier this week, I wrote about the frustrations of setting a personal budget. Here is a step by step process for budgeting as an artist. Rules of Engagement: Knowledge is power — Understanding where you spend your money from month to month is the only way you will be able to find financial stability inContinueContinue reading “How to set a budget as an artist.”
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The Frustration of Personal Budgeting.
It can be incredibly frustrating to hear someone give you advice on your finances. Although well intentioned, the solution often floated is that you simply need to live within your means in order to find financial stability. Of course this makes sense, however, the problem is that many of us don’t have enough working cashContinueContinue reading “The Frustration of Personal Budgeting.”
What is an hour of your time actually worth from a Work Life Balance Perspective?
It’s a funny thing, time. We never seem to have enough of it, especially when pursuing an art form that is defined by a fleeting moment in our lives. One minute we’re on stage pouring our heart out for an audience, the next, we’re on the way home, thinking about the next performance. Our workContinueContinue reading “What is an hour of your time actually worth from a Work Life Balance Perspective?”
Financial Stability: What is an hour of your time actually worth?
One of the biggest challenges you will face as an artist is attaining financial stability. It is very possible to find financial stability, but nobody seems to share strategies for thinking about how you go about developing a sustainable career. The Challenge I get it. I know that quite often, you find ourself taking workContinueContinue reading “Financial Stability: What is an hour of your time actually worth?”
One Big Secret to a Sustainable Arts Organization: Stop trying to take over the universe with your ideas.
Over the past decade, I have observed the Walmart mentality permeate the zeitgeist of our field. Build a large, national business or organization and you will have a path to sustainability. Many arts leaders, particularly those who are just starting their organizations, come to me with the vision of scaling an idea nationally, orContinueContinue reading “One Big Secret to a Sustainable Arts Organization: Stop trying to take over the universe with your ideas.”