059: Time as a Resource

Starving Artist No More

As a creative entrepreneur, your time is literally your most valuable resource. From a business perspective, time is what you sell, because your artistic products require time to create. From a personal perspective, all work and no play makes you a miserable, starving artist (and it’s right there in the name of the podcast that we’re saying “NO MORE!” to the myth of the starving artist). One thing is for sure: time is valuable. But we don’t often think of time as a resource, something to use and manage to our advantage. Today, we’re going to look into what it means to think of time as a resource, and how that mindset can boost your creativity.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Why time is so valuable to you as an artist and business owner.
• How viewing your time as a precious resource might change what you decide to do with that time.
• What benefits an attitude of “yes” can bring to your creative process.
• Why small steps toward efficiency can pay off in really huge ways.
• How to find small task automations that can help you stay in your creative flow.

In this episode, I mention the upcoming Thriving Narrators Retreat, which will take place August 22-25, 2024 in Cincinnati, OH. (Jennifer Blom, the guest for today's episode, will be a faculty member at this retreat.) You can learn more about this opportunity for audiobook narrators on my website, www.StarvingArtistNoMore.com/ThrivingNarratorsRetreat.

During our conversation, I refer to several past episodes of this podcast:

• 005: The Time & Income Connection
• 007: Working in your Creative & Financial Sweet Spot
• 022: Outsourcing for Creatives
• 038: The Price of Success is Failure

This episode includes an interview with Jennifer Blom, who is an actor, audiobook narrator, audiobook engineer, and audiobook director. Jennifer will be a faculty member at the Thriving Narrators Retreat, August 22-25, 2024 in Cincinnati, OH. You can learn more about Jennifer and the retreat here.

In this episode, Jennifer and I reference the books The Power of Yes by Abbie Headon and The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan.

A full transcript of this episode can be found here. Full transcripts of every episode will always be available at the Starving Artist No More Blog.

Thank you for listening. Please feel free to reach out to me at www.StarvingArtistNoMore.com, with any questions, comments, or feedback. I'd love to hear from you.