The best part about making your hobby and passion a career is the amount of fun you get to have every single day! While everyone else is working a 9-5 and hating it, as a creative you are excited to wake up and create something new for the world to enjoy. And if you're not there yet you will be soon. In this episode Steven and John talk about how much fun being creative is but the importance and changing the way you think about your passion if it's becoming your business to avoid Burn Out and resentment towards clients.

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Here's a glance at this episode...

[00:06:59] How to Have Fun When Your Hobby is Your Business Overview

[00:10:55] Music is No Longer Fun Because It's My Job

[00:18:11] We didn't create boundaries to protect our passion

[00:19:01] Finding Ways to Bring Fun and Challenge Back into the Picture

[00:24:52] Stick to Your Boundaries

[00:26:32] Enjoy Your Hobby for the Sake of Enjoyment

[00:32:21] Either find something that's tangentially related to your passion or go completely outside of it to find something new.

[00:36:15] Taking on a New and Different Challenge, John wants to make a short film

[00:37:51] Find People who can critique you in order to get better and better

[00:41:53] Maintain Your Balance Through Journaling

[00:46:49] Being a Creative, you have to have fun so you have energy for the boring stuff

[00:53:43] Learn to Discern Which Projects are Going to be Detrimental to Your Energy and Motivation

[00:56:00] Saying "No" to Clients by Upping Your Rates

[00:59:02] Book Rec: Green Lights - Matthew McConaughey 

[01:02:05] Wrap Up