Teaching fellow creatives has been one of the most fulfilling things I've done (on par with my coaching sessions) because I know it's how I can truly make a difference in people's lives.
Perhaps you share a similar background to me? No formal art training, no tertiary education, working in a corporate office job — all the while longing for the opportunity to earn income from our creativity, full-time.
For me — those yearning feelings are still so fresh in my mind… mostly because I won't ever let myself forget how badly I wanted what I have now. The time I was feeling that way was less than a handful of years ago.
From a very young age, I had aspirations of being a creative entrepreneur (long before I knew what to label it) and I always believed — perhaps even trusted— that I'd make it happen one day. Don't ask me why I believed it, because I obviously had ZERO clue how I was going to make it happen at age six (I mean, the internet didn't even exist!)
As you know, I tried the handmade side-hustle route for many years which did ‘ok’ but never grew to the point where I could ever entertain the idea of leaving my day job.
Then I had an unplanned three-year hiatus around mid-2012 — 2015 where I didn't do anything creative! Creativity became a chore. Can you imagine it? I had a big 'life event' happen which definitely left me depressed and I lost my creative mojo good-and-proper.
So, how was my big dream ever going to come to fruition?
