049: Where Your Priorities Lie

Starving Artist No More

I know you’ve been there. Your task list is overflowing, and you’re overwhelmed. You’ve got more to do than you can possibly complete in the time available. Perhaps you’re in a feast period in your creative career, meaning your project calendar is jampacked full of fabulous projects that you’re excited to work on. Which is great, except that it means all of your time is spent heads-down creating, with no time left over for the necessary administrative tasks that come with running a business. Or maybe life has gone sideways on you, and you’re dealing with time-consuming complications in your personal life, resulting in a tight squeeze on the time available for your business work, whether that’s creative tasks or administrative to-dos. Regardless of the reason, you’ve found yourself in a place where decisions need to be made. You can’t do everything. So what do you choose to do, and what do you choose to leave undone? How do you prioritize? How did you decide what really matters to you, and how do you make sure your actions reflect those values? Today, we’re going to look at some of those hard questions. We’re going to talk about where your priorities lie.

In this episode, you will learn:

• What my recent experience during a particularly hectic time has taught me about how to prioritize within my creative business.
• Why I intentionally chose to take some time off from this podcast and how I used that time to focus on other areas of my creative work.
• How you can use the Six Components of a Thriving Creative Business to guide your priority decisions when time gets tight.
• Why focusing on these six areas within your business is even more important when life and work gets overwhelming

In this episode, I announced the Thriving Narrators Retreat, which is August 22-25, 2024 in Cincinnati, OH. You can learn more about this exciting growth opportunity for audiobook narrators on my website, https://www.starvingartistnomore.com/thrivingnarratorsretreat.

I also mentioned the Thriving Artists Academy. You can learn more about this dynamic and supportive community on my website, www.starvingartistnomore.com/thrivingartistsacademy.

In this episode, I refer to several past episodes of this podcast:

• 007: Working in your Creative & Financial Sweet Spot
• 008: Developing Asynchronous Income
• 016: The Six Components of a Thriving Creative Business
• 044: Consistency Is Hard

I also mention the Spoon Theory of chronic illness, and I share the Merriam-Webster definition of "priority."

A full transcript of this episode can be found here. Full transcripts of every episode will always be available at the Starving Artist No More Blog.

Thank you for listening. Please feel free to reach out to me at www.StarvingArtistNoMore.com, with any questions, comments, or feedback. I'd love to hear from you.