Social Butterfly Group
4y ago
Writing is such a beautiful way of expressing oneself. A kind of music that flows from the brain and fingers, much like playing the piano I shall practice here in public. I hope that inspires you to DO the thing instead of waiting until you are perfect at the thing. I've waited too long...
Everyone says focus on ONE THING.
In a bit of contrarian thinking... that ideology is just not for me.
By allowing myself to lean into more of my passions, my quality of life AND finances are infinitely better than when focusing on just one.
The multi-hyphenate life brings me great joy.
Here's my story... I hope it helps you!
As an artist and performer, my income was feast or famine or I had several gigs to make ends meet... never was this highlighted more than during lockdowns.
The one time I had a "real" job (a singing food server in Vegas!) it ended when the company changed their biz direction and I had no choice...
secretly, I was VERY glad.
I started my voice studio with no real business knowledge... in addition to teaching, I was working on getting more gigs as a singer and pianist.
It was tough getting going but things picked up. AND I loved what I was doing.
The best part? It was absolutely fantastic for raising our son. I could *mostly create my own hours or have him with me while I was working.
While still contributing financially to my family AND doing work I love.
Fast forward to the pandemic - my social media biz - mostly a side-hustle helping friends - quickly became an actual income stream. WHAT?!
I helped people with their tech, how to social media, getting their blogs up and running and facilitated taking an entire national conference online for one of the largest voice professional organizations in the world.
They had one of the largest number of attendees EVER.
I didn't have to worry (as much) that I had less students and ZERO gigs because I had things moving.
I leaned into my love of tech and writing and socials and found the GREATEST thing...
Being creative in a completely different way (not just musically) actually made my performing and music work and teaching, my LIFE so much better and so much more interesting!
🌈 Thereby bringing more joy. 🌈
Friends.
Lean into the things that make you happy and bring you joy. The many and the few.
You are smart.
You will instinctively know how to best allocate your time.
Don't ignore what makes you happy. Allow it to elevate your life.