"Creating is a conscious choice."\nHey guys, welcome back to ONKEN RADIO (formerly NION Radio), the podcast where we explore the body, mind, and soul of the creative entrepreneur. It's my goal to help you take your creativity, business, and life to the next level. I'm so glad you're joining me on this journey!\n\nToday, I'm continuing my new mini-series "How to Create a Career in Art" with part five. I'm going to be talking all about the importance of creating your moments and how it affects your Creative Alchemy and your creative career.\xa0\n\nYou may have noticed my hashtag on Instagram titled #CreateYourMoments. This idea actually came about during a brainstorming session with my agent. We wanted to come up with a social tag that goes along with my photography, the way I direct, and how I see the world, and I also wanted people to be able to use the hashtag in their own lives. We came up with #CreateYourMoments because of my method of photography and how it affects the way I live.\xa0\n\nWhen I shoot photos, I create space for moments to happen. I leave space for spontaneity and capture unplanned moments with my photography subjects. That idea of creating space and capturing those special moments translates into my life and how I see the world. I started doing photography because I wanted to create my life. I wanted to live a life full of creative fulfillment, and I wanted to do something that enabled me to travel the world.\xa0\n\nIn this episode, I'm going to talk all about what #CreateYourMoments means to me and how you can start creating your moments to live a creatively fulfilled and passionate life!\xa0\nCreating Your Moments Is a Conscious Choice\nEvery day I wake up and make a conscious choice to create moments in my life. You need to make conscious choices to create your life by creating smaller moments. You can choose to create small moments of adventure and intimacy with those you love, and you can create moments of quietness and rehabilitation when you need time alone.\xa0\n\nWhat small moments can you create today? Maybe you can create a moment by doing something you\u2019ve never done before, or create a moment by getting out of your comfort zone and experiencing something thrilling!\xa0\n\nYou make a conscious choice to create those small moments in your life, and those moments build towards your career and your life. I wouldn't be where I am professionally if I hadn't made a conscious choice to create small moments. I created those small moments of artwork,\xa0 adventures, and experiences, and it was my conscious choice to create those small moments that led me to this point.\xa0\n\nNo matter who you are or what you do as a career, you can be the artist of your life. Everyone was born to create, whether they're creating literal art, creating the life they want to lead, or the adventures they want to experience. You may be working in a field that doesn't have anything to do with literal art. You could be a business person or an entrepreneur, but that doesn't mean you don't still create. You may be creating new ideas or practices in your work, or you may be creating innovation in your field.\xa0\n\nRegardless of your desired career path, you need to make a conscious choice to create the moments that make up your life. We are all creating our own lives, and you need to make the conscious choice to create the life you want.\xa0\nDon't "Wally Gag" in Circumstance\xa0\nCreating your life and your career is a conscious choice, and it's essential that we make that choice rather than do what I refer to as "wally gagging." "Wally gagging" is letting your circumstances control your life instead of taking your life into your own hands.\xa0\n\nIt's incredibly easy to make excuses for why you can't do something. Maybe you think you don't have enough time or don't have enough talent to do what you want. Everyone has excuses for why they don't choose to create their life, and the more we give in to our excuses, the less we're choosing to create.