The Equation That Keeps Me Honest
Photo by Jarry Photos (aka my talented Son) After years of chasing many directions, then moving to a place where I could focus solely on building my art career (seriously building) I built a formula that keeps me centered: Activity + Art Opportunity = Leveling Up (Career • Financial Wellbeing • Purpose) Or Activity – Alignment with Art = Depletion (When what I do doesn’t feed what I’m called to create, it empties instead of fills.) Every idea I choose gets measured against that. Does it help me level up — or pull me away from where I’m meant to go? If it’s not aligning with my art, my purpose, or my peace, it’s a side track… not a side gig. This is a question I face a lot in my career. Faith Reset Reality When my thoughts spiral, I pray. I journal. I talk out loud to myself, my family (who grew up in a creative house as well) my mentors and sometimes even to the walls of my studio. It’s in those moments that peace settles in and I can finally take in...