The Restless Creatives

Episode 11: As you can tell, this week I’ll be talking about something that I’m not so proud of. One of the absolute dumbest and saddest financial decisions I’ve ever made. I think it’s important to talk about because I’m going to start a new 5 part series on Personal Finance and how it relates to our Restless Creative community. Stay tuned for “Creative Finances 101” starting next week, but today let’s get back to the story.

One of the absolute dumbest and saddest financial decisions I’ve ever made was trying to finance a vehicle while being broke  and having TONS of student loans. I wish I was kidding. The saddest part about it was I was at a time in my life where I was really tired of being stupid with my money, but I did absolutely no research. So here I was about to finance a vehicle with my student loans, while also being in the worst personal ruts in my life. I bought the car. Then, I did my research.

Luckily, I was able to get myself out of the situation. And during one of the darkest periods of my life, I was able to learn some extremely valuable lessons:

1. Don’t let fear drive your decisions
2. Don’t be afraid of how your financial situation will look to someone else
3. Never sign anything you have not read in its entirety.
4. If you HAVE to finance a car, never do it through a dealership
5. Giving up on yourself is never an option.

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Copyright-free music attributions:

Intro: Take It Easy by Bad Snacks

Interlude 1: Memory Rain by Yung Logos

Outro: Hanging Out by Bruno E.

#010: Today we’re talking about something near and dear to my heart, which is the balancing act that we as creative people have to do between following our passions and what excites us and making money.

In order to be happy with your job you need three things: you need to be passionate, you need to be good at it, and you need to be able to make money that supports your idea of a comfortable lifestyle.

If you’re good and passionate, but not making any money, you’ll lack financial security.

If you’re passionate and making lots of money, you’ll look a fool and I highly doubt you’ll be able to maintain the facade or move far up the latter.

If you’re good at what you do and are making a lot of money, but you’re not passionate, you’ll wind up unhappy.

How do we find the perfect combination?

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Copyright-Free music:
Intro: Take It Easy by Bad Snacks
Outro: Hanging Out by Bruno E.

Episode 9: What other people think of you is none of your business. Today we’re having a little discussion on the thoughts of others and how I have been able to stop putting so much weight on what other people think of me and why you should too.

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Copyright-Free music:
Intro: Take It Easy by Bad Snacks
Outro: Hanging Out by Bruno E.

I’ve watched a lot of my creative friends be consumed with something that I like to call “The Creative Struggle." 3. Sometimes the struggle is mental illness, be that anxiety, depression, or bipolar disorder. But sometimes, The Creative Struggle is restlessness. Those are my creative friends who are generally unhappy with where they are in their careers or relationships, my creative friends who are goal orientated and struggle to focus on the present because they are always looking ahead. My creative friend who takes on too much and over commits themselves, because over committing is easier than thinking you’re not doing enough. Or my creative friend who lacks confidence in their work and so they creative less, therefore creating less things of actual value which feeds into their confidence issue. If any of that sounds like you… than listen closely because I have some things I want you to know. 1. You have so much time. 2. You only get better if you practice. 3. If you feel consumed by your mental illness, consider seeing a therapist. 4. Support your support system. 5. Goals are not everything. ... Copyright-Free music: Intro: Take It Easy by Bad Snacks Outro: Hanging Out by Bruno E.

This week I decided to talk about my experience with failing, particularly, the experience I've been having with failing and criticism this past week. I got some feedback that my podcast was kind of sad and it made keeping up with the show hard. After hearing this criticism, I found myself feeling a little dejected about doing the podcast in general. So I thought... let's make an episode about it. LOL. Let me know what you think! .... Copyright-Free Music Intro: Take It Easy by Bad Snacks Interlude 1: Easy Sunday by Bad Snacks Interlude 2: Memory Rain by Yung Logos Outro: Hanging Out by Bruno E.