Time - we all have a certain amount of it and juggling between work, life, relationships, and family can be a tough thing on its own. And trying to pursue a creative outlet that you one day hope to become a sustainable career that can give you the freedom you always desired is tough as well. But how much time should anyone be putting into their creative endeavors, in this episode Steven and John discuss what is the right amount of time to put into a creative talent based on someone's desired output.  Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter  https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq  Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server!  https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH    Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast?  https://forms.gle/B3q9kJVfyjk5XdM38    Connect With Us  https://mtr.bio/slow-and-fast-podcast  00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Catch-up chat 03:56 - Overview: How Many Hours Should You Be Putting Into Your Creative Skillset? 04:06 - Book Rec: The First 20 Hours 05:06 - Premise: It Takes Roughly 20 Hours to get a handle on any new skill.  How many hours should we put in after that? 06:12 - Breakdown: How many hours we're putting into this podcast a week 12:19 - Invest your time wisely when building your skillset, and future-proof your plans so that way when life happens, you're ready. 16:25 - Hobby or profession? This will influence how much time you invest 17:33 - Consistency looks different for everyone. 22:14 - Focused work vs noodling.  Quality of time invested matters 22:27 - Book Rec: Atomic Habits 25:59 - Clarity of vision matters when it comes to deciding what you want to be great at 30:11 - Being creative sometimes means taking on additional skill sets.  Each one means an additional 20 hours of work to get onboarded. 35:02 - It's never too late to take on something new. 40:58 - Don't get stuck in the "studying" phase, you'll earn more experience in the hot seat than you ever will practicing alone. 45:39 - Book Rec: The Gap and the Gain 46:32 - How did the time you invested into youtube change when you became an employee creating content? 47:57 - Done is better than perfect, cause perfect never gets done 50:14 - Focus on what actually matters to the process.  What could you leave behind that you won't miss tomorrow? 53:22 - Wrap up 55:17 - Outro