In a couple hours, I will don my costume for the day. I call it ‘business casual.’ I will sport a professional, corporate look. I shall spend the morning in a sales meeting and the afternoon strategizing, making phone calls and working with the marketing department. Ladies and gentlemen: I am a public relations manager.… Continue reading 10 Reasons Your CURRENT Day Job is Creative (Really)
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Passion for Your Creativity, Day 2
Dear Me, So you read your day 1 letter from yourself. You started dissecting the lie that you have a crappy life, no passion for your creativity, and nothing to offer. Today is about when, with a healthy dash of why. When did you start talking to yourself in so much psycho-babble spin-speak? Why not just be honest and see where… Continue reading Passion for Your Creativity, Day 2
Dream Job Day Job Dojo
What’s your dream job? If you could do anything you wanted, what would it be? What’s keeping you from fulfilling your dream job? It’s seems all the rage to talk about day jobs and dream jobs. It’s a great discussion and I’m so glad people are discovering passions, dreams, and purpose. I love the whole Quitter… Continue reading Dream Job Day Job Dojo
The Artist’s Double Life: The Day Job
Feeling bifurcated? Jekyll and sometimes Hyde? Creatives often live a life that mirrors our cell phone plans: we spend our ‘peak minutes’ at a day job while our ‘off peak minutes’ (nights and weekends) afford us little time to get our creativity fix. As a creative do you ever feel like this pic to the right?… Continue reading The Artist’s Double Life: The Day Job