#886 - Designer Performs Magic, Turns Dream Into Reality
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2019
⏱️ 7 minutes
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A graphic designer pursues his lifelong passion of magic and lands a gig as a resident magician at a local bar.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's story, a graphic designer pursues his lifelong passion of magic and becomes |
| 0:14.2 | a resident magician. |
| 0:15.4 | It turns out to be not only the perfect compliment to the routine of a creative professional who |
| 0:19.7 | works on his own, it also ends up paying a good portion of his monthly bills. |
| 0:24.4 | I like this story because I've always liked the idea of being a magician myself, but I |
| 0:28.0 | haven't actually ever gone out to study the practice. |
| 0:30.0 | Unfortunately, you can't just, you know, wave a wand. |
| 0:32.4 | At least as far as I've discovered so far. |
| 0:34.4 | So I get the chance to live bicariously through people like David, who you'll hear about |
| 0:38.3 | in this story. |
| 0:40.1 | Also the real-time update today, I am headed to Austin, Texas. |
| 0:42.9 | I'm excited to be at Book People Tonight, one of my favorite bookstores in North America |
| 0:47.6 | and really the world. |
| 0:48.9 | So I look forward to seeing some folks there and then I believe tomorrow I am on to Denver. |
| 0:53.3 | The tour is always an exciting time for me and speaking of living bicariously, if I'm |
| 0:56.9 | not able to see you personally on this tour, I hope you enjoy the updates as I go from |
| 1:00.1 | place to place. |
| 1:01.1 | You can also follow those on my Instagram at 193 Countries, 193 Countries. |
| 1:05.7 | Alright, stay tuned for designer performance magic, turns dreams into reality. |
| 1:20.8 | Ever since he was given a magic book of simple tricks as a child, David Nolan, not to be |
| 1:25.4 | confused with David Copperfield has been enthralled by magic. |
| 1:29.3 | But while he enjoyed his tricks in private, performed occasionally at a friend or relative's |
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