How to Balance Your Art and Life - Ep 122
Art2Life
Nicholas Wilton
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
https://Art2Life.com - Do you feel like every waking moment has to be dedicated to your art or thinking about your art? When you finally have the time to create, are you already exhausted? When I’m talking about balance, I’m talking about setting up your energy. You have to curate your life so that you’re energized when it’s time to create. In this episode of the Art2Life Podcast, I share 10 ways I strive to balance my life and my art.
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LISTEN IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN…
Establish a schedule [2:44]
Define boundaries [5:12]
Prioritize self-care [7:48]
Let planning be a creative exercise [10:49]
Learn to say “no” to say “yes” [14:03]
Delegate work to free up your time [16:03]
Created a dedicated workspace [18:34]
Practice mindfulness [22:12]
Regularly assess and adjust [26:30]
Focus on non-artistic endeavors [27:32]
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The Art of Your Life Free Workshop: https://a2lworkshop.com/5-days-workshop/
Buy Back Your Time: https://www.amazon.com/Buy-Back-Your-Time-Unstuck-ebook/dp/B09Y55GLXJ
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| 0:00.0 | So this is about the dedicated space. This is about creating little islands for you to see your |
| 0:06.9 | materials and for you to drop in easily. But if your art supplies are in a Tupperware container |
| 0:13.5 | and you only get to pull them out on the weekends if no one's around, you're out of balance. |
| 0:19.1 | You need the visual reminder. You need to feel that the |
| 0:22.6 | possibility is there. When I see all my stuff organized and laid out like that, I get energized. |
| 0:28.8 | I get juiced. |
| 0:35.0 | Hey everyone, welcome back to the Art to Life podcast. I am so excited today because I'm going to |
| 0:40.9 | dive in to some ways and strategies around balancing this life and art thing. I love this subject. |
| 0:49.6 | I actually write a lot of these little notes down in my book, you know, in my journal, little ideas, |
| 0:56.0 | and they're all piling up. |
| 0:58.0 | So I thought, man, I'll just tell you what I've been thinking |
| 1:00.0 | and what's working for me. |
| 1:02.0 | I got 10 of them today. |
| 1:03.0 | These are going to be helpful in getting that balance. Welcome to Art to Light, a podcast for the creatively curious. My name is Nicholas Wilton, |
| 1:24.7 | and each week I'll help you rediscover not just the art of your life, |
| 1:28.4 | but the art in your life. Join me as we explore that perfect blue at twilight, the wild |
| 1:34.1 | frontiers of art making and the extraordinary joy of finding your ways you go. |
| 1:43.2 | Coming up very soon, we have this Art of Your Life free workshop. |
| 1:48.6 | You can join in if you go to artlifefree.com. |
| 1:53.1 | Give us your information. |
| 1:54.7 | We start on March 4th. |
| 1:56.4 | We're going to be making art together. |
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