Should You Start a Creative Business? With Erin Nielson

Today Kristin is talking with Erin Nielson, a watercolor artist who has turned her creative hobby into a thriving business. She’s sharing her perspective on how you know if you should merge your creative passion with business. We talked about:

Why Erin keeps some parts of her art just for herself How to know if you’re ready to start a creative business Why finding your purpose is so similar to finding your creative voice How to stop feeling discouraged if your work doesn’t match what you want for it yet Erin’s Purpose Statement (and her Purpose Statement for her business!) How Erin translates her purpose into the day-to-day choices of doing what matters most What it’s like to feel contentment despite not having perfect circumstances Dealing with feelings of inadequacy as a creative

 

Learn more about Erin’s work on her website or watch her YouTube watercolor flower tutorials.

Erin also created a custom watercolor print just for us! We wanted to share it with you. To get that printable, just sign up for our email list right HERE. And we're shipping a printed version to new patrons that sign up in November! Sign up for Patreon HERE.

 

SHOW NOTES: For a recap of the episode and any links we mentioned in our conversation today, head HERE. 

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