51: How to Create a Career in Art Part 7/15 5 Reasons to Get a Capital Job
b'You don\\u2019t want to rent your life, you want to own it.\\nCreating a high profile career in fashion and lifestyle photography is gratifying, but what it took from me to get there is\\xa0the real gift.\\n\\nDuring the last ten years of creating this career, I\\u2019ve learned a few things that might be useful to the up-and-comers. In this collection of episodes I break\\xa0down the process that I used to make a living with my art.\\xa0These tips go beyond my\\xa0world of photography and\\xa0transcend into any creative venture.\\n\\nThe lessons can be useful if you\\u2019re into illustration, fashion design, fashion\\xa0blogging, music, performing arts, writing or any other creative hustle. Think of it like the DNA of a\\xa0creative professional. Think of it like\\xa0the building blocks of inspiration.\\n\\nThis is the seventh installment of my 15 part series on how to make a career in art.\\nEvery moment you\\u2019re not working at your capital job is time, money, and energy that you can be putting into your craft.\\n\\nSome things we learn in this podcast:\\n\\n \\tThe biggest leap of faith you take in creative entrepreneurship is being able to pay your bills [1:50]\\n \\tYou have to buy yourself time [2:45]\\n \\tGetting a capital job is part of creating your sandbox [3:55]\\n \\tThe first tip about your capital job: make it your bitch! [5:50]\\n \\tSecond, the capital job is meant to create more time and money for your craft [7:45]\\n \\tThird, be proud of your capital job [8:30]\\n \\tFourth, the capital job helps you not be stressed out about money [9:15]\\n \\tLast, your capital job is free business training [9:40]\\n \\tThe best of both worlds is making some money working for an artist you respect [10:10]\\n\\nLinks mentioned:\\n\\n \\tCheck out the previous episodes of ShopTalk Radio mentioned in this episode:\\n\\n \\tEpisode 33 with Satya Twena\\n \\tEpisode 50 with Elle Luna\\n\\n\\n \\tMusic Credit: Fool by Geek Boy'