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🗓️ 25 April 2022
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As creators, we often place a large emphasis on our workspace. Sometimes it might even block us from doing any creative work at all. Of course, a large, airy, well-lit work space of your own—preferably with an ocean view—would be ideal. But highly productive artists everywhere hunker down to work in cafés, restaurants, co-working spaces, parks, empty college classrooms, and waiting rooms—not to mention buses, trains, subways, and planes.
A huge part of one’s early endeavors—whether you’re picking up a new creative craft, starting a new business, or transitioning out of a full-time job into a freelance career—is about flexibility. Think about modifications or purchases you might make to become “creative ready” in as many environments as possible. This might mean carrying a sketch pad in your bag at all times, investing in a mobile audio rig or a digital tablet, or renting a spot at a co-working space.
If your intention is to become a professional creator being able to create on-demand is key. This short episode will take a look at how your workspace is working for you.
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0:00.0 | Hey, what's up everybody? Welcome to another episode of the show. Today's micro show is an important one because it's about doing the work. Lo and behold, popular theme for the show. I got to tell you, I hear a lot of people whinge about not having a good enough space to do their creative thing, whether they're an actor. |
0:23.6 | I don't have a stage to perform on or I'm a woodworker and my shop is not as big as I want, |
0:29.6 | or I am a business person and gosh, I wish I had my own spaces that are working from the coffee shop. |
0:35.6 | And the reality is that these are popular |
0:38.5 | excuses, but they are all still excuses, right? We, of course, it would be awesome if everything |
0:44.6 | was perfect. But today's episode is about finding a good enough space. That's also headspace, |
0:51.8 | physical space, finding a good enough space to start or to do work. |
0:57.3 | And I've got a little assignment at the end of the show. |
0:59.0 | I want to share with you. |
0:59.7 | Now, you may know that I'm, I guess one of the happiest places on the planet for me is clinging to the side of some mountain, right? |
1:06.4 | With one hand on a camera, you know, shooting photos of outdoor adventure. That is where I cut my teeth as a |
1:12.7 | creator a long time ago. So it's very comfortable for me. And yet as a photographer, I still |
1:19.0 | spend time in front of a computer, right, to edit photos, to choose my favorites, to massage them in |
1:26.6 | post-production. And the reality is that chefs, they still |
1:30.7 | have to order food from farmers, right? They have to set aside time to sharpen knives and to do |
1:37.2 | all kinds of other tasks that they don't enjoy. And whatever your creative endeavor is, whatever |
1:43.5 | your practice, you're building for this precious life that you have, |
1:47.4 | it's going to have all kinds of demands on this. |
1:49.3 | And I've often distinguished between doing real powerful creative work |
1:53.3 | and doing this kind of work. |
1:55.3 | I do draw a distinction between those. |
1:58.0 | But the reality is most people, when I hear them whinge about not having |
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