The Anxious Creative

WARNING: This episode may ruffle some tail feathers (that’s a saying right?).

One of the most commonly asked questions by you guys is how I stay motivated and in true Dawn fashion, I’m bringing my honest answers. This one may surprise you. It may make you feel uncomfortable. It may make you feel emotional, but I promise it’ll be worth it so stick with me.

Welcome back! This is PART 2 of You asked, I answered. If you missed part 1, make sure you go check it out!

A few weeks ago I opened up a poll and asked you guys to ask me questions that you would want to know if we were hanging out in real life! There were so many questions that I had to make a part two! And this is it!

Holy cow, you guys asked some pretty amazing questions on IG.

I opened up a poll a few weeks back asking you what you would wanna ask if we were hanging out IRL! Not only did you guys have amazing questions, I had so many great ones that I actually created this podcast as a two-part series to ensure that I got to as many as possible.

I’m going to be really honest with you, 2019 was a really hard year personally for me. Though my business grew beyond what I could have ever imagined and I’m so grateful for it, I spent the last half of my year checked out due to intense grief.

It’s been a minute since my last episode, (life has its ups and downs, you know?) but I’m back! And I’m SO excited for this episode with my friend Jamie from Sheariously.

Jamie and I met a while back in one of my hair painting classes. She’s been a stylist for 13 years and has been a successful work-from-home stylist for the past six years.

Since you’re reading this, I’m willing to bet you feel a bit scattered.

You have lots to do, lots of ideas, and sometimes you get paralyzed because there’s just so much going on!

You’re not in that boat alone, girl.

Can I tell you an embarrassing story?

(I kinda feel like we’re at a sleepover and talking about our most embarrassing moments. I’ll go first.)

I used to be a really bad boss.

Way back when I first started my business, I quickly arrived at that awkward stage where you need the money to hire someone, but you have to hire someone to get money. You know the feeling?

So, the title of this episode probably caught your attention. Yup, this episode is all about the anxiety around making money.

Yeah, you know what I’m talking about.

If you’re anything like me, you were taught not to talk about money, especially if you make a lot of it. You don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings or worse, make them think you’re ripping them off.

Today, we’re talking all about how to get others to trust and respect you.

Trust me, I had to learn this lesson the hard way, and I’m going to share that story with you so you can hopefully learn a lot faster than I did.

Buckle up, because this is quite a ride.