James Chapman is a writer, photographer, traveler, and the founder of Black Coffee Roasting Co.

In today’s episode, we traveled to Missoula, MT and got to have a wide-ranging conversation about creative pursuits, storytelling, and building yourself.

Key Insights and Highlights:

• Turning Pro with your creative pursuit
• The impetus of Black Coffee Roasting Co.
• Leaving stability behind
• Stories from behind the scenes of the coffee world
• Can multiple creative ventures feed off of each other?
• Building yourself over finding yourself

Spending the day with James felt like it made my life tangibly better, and I’m absolutely thrilled to share a couple of hours of the conversations we had with you today. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Thanks for listening!

Be Where Your Feet Are,

Drew

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Substack: https://lawsonchapman.substack.com/ 

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Website: https://www.blackcoffeeroastingco.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackcoffee.mt/ 

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Show Chapters:

00:00 Turning Pro

01:38 Beating Perfectionism

05:35 Creativity

11:47 Coffee and Storytelling

15:18 Black Coffee Origin

18:49 Business Plan Meets Reality

25:18 Leaving Stability Behind

36:34 Why Small Business Matters

42:31 Building A Coffee Community

44:17 First Coffee Farm

46:55 The Roasting Dream

47:38 Stories from the Coffee World

01:05:29 Creative Outlets

01:11:56 Fighting Creative Blocks

01:19:26 Capturing Ideas

01:30:57 Play vs. Serious Work

01:33:03 Connection Over Isolation

01:35:01 It’s All About People.

01:39:09 Ralph Steadman Label

01:45:55 Be Up to Something

01:56:17 Hard Days Make Stories

02:02:25 Build Yourself

02:13:39 Enough.

02:20:01 Looking Ahead