Creative Success = Financial Balance with Flexible Budget Plans As a creative individual, dealing with irregular income can be daunting. In this episode of From "Creative Passion To Profit", titled "How Creatives Can Budget for Regular Income," I, Mahmood, tackle one of the biggest challenges faced by those in the arts and creative world—budgeting. Have you ever felt the high of being fully booked and having commissions flying off the shelves, only to be met with silence and income droughts the following month? You're not alone. But here's the good news: with a little planning, you can smooth out those financial ups and downs. In this episode, I'll share three simple steps to help you build a budgeting system that fits your lifestyle and supports your creative ambitions. You'll learn how to determine your essential baseline expenses, create a financial buffer for quiet months, and implement a flexible yet simple budgeting method that allows you to thrive creatively and financially. You'll also have some homework tasks... Timestamped Summary: [00:00:00] Introduction to challenges of budgeting with erratic income. [00:00:58] Step 1: Determine your baseline expenses. [00:02:12] Step 2: Build a financial buffer for quieter months. [00:03:46] Step 3: Apply a simple, discipline-based budget system. [00:04:58] Homework: Calculate baseline expenses and track income. Mentioned in this episode: Training Training Training Find out more about Budgetwhizz Find out more about Budgetwhizz Budgetwhizz…
Ramble on a Thursday evening about the ways I love myself right after I had my dinner whilst sipping on a beautiful cocktail in my dimly lit and festive living room.
Liz’s turn walking down her job/career memory lane. This recording is my longestttt yet. I had trouble splitting it up into shorter parts and editing out names so I simply didn’t. Enjoy.
My friend Liz and I let you in on one of our long conversations. We mainly spoke about jobs and careers. This will be broken up into two or three parts. Enjoy!
Things taking their sweet time and just having to go with the flow. Choosing to bite my tongue on recent social interactions because people are weird and I’m not in the mood for nonsense.
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