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My Bento Box Love Affair (Why it May be the Ideal Creative Helper)

December 4, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

It’s not often that I fall head over heels in love with an object, but recently I have a new love in my life… my bento box. Why? Well, as we have been discussing this autumn, how you manage your finances is a huge contributor to your ability to be creative. Manage your money well, […]

Filed Under: Financial Tagged With: Actor, Artist, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Dancer, Financial, Money, Musician, Writer

Guest Post: The Post University Blogger (P.U.B.)…. Is a Grocery Shopping Guru

November 27, 2013 by Steven Sparling 1 Comment

This week we welcome back Annie Harris for another guest blog – a continuation in exploring how a 20-something emerging artist juggles her creative projects and her limited finances and finds creative freedom through sound money management. Over to Annie….. ——————————————— In my view, I’m getting old. I’m at the ripe old age of 23 […]

Filed Under: Financial, Guest Post Tagged With: Actor, blogger, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Dancer, finances, Financial, Money, Writer

Guest Blog: The Power of Knowing Who You Are and What You Do: And What that Means for your Money.

November 20, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Hello! This week we have another guest blog from A. L. Michaels. Always glad to welcome her voice here at The Thriving Creative. Without any further ado… ————————————- After having a conversation with a friend who’s recently become a self-employed artist- and as yet, has not freaked out about the insecurity and living day to […]

Filed Under: Financial, Guest Post Tagged With: Actor, Artist, arts, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Financial, Musician, Writer

“Creatives Are Adept At Burying Their Dead”

November 13, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

“Creatives Are Adept at Burying Their Dead” This was a quote from Patrick McKenna, Ingenious Media, at a recent talk at Goldsmiths University Institute of Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship on Risk. He was discussing risk, the need to take risk and the outcome of risk. Sometimes (or often) the outcome of risk is failure. What […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Financial Tagged With: Artist, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, finance, Money, planning, Risk, Risk Management

10 Ways to Remain a ‘Starving Artist’

October 9, 2013 by Steven Sparling 4 Comments

1. Give it away for free You’re probably sick of it, right? I mean you’ve spent hours/days/weeks/months slaving over it. Perhaps it’s been a struggle to bring this piece of art to life – looking at it might remind you of the sleepless nights or the painful doubts it caused you. So just get rid […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Financial, List Tagged With: Artist, business, Creative Business Planning, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Creative Industries, finance, marketing, sustainable creativity

Guest Post: Post University Blogger – Money Managing Maestro

October 2, 2013 by Steven Sparling 5 Comments

This week we have another guest blog from Annie Harris who has written two posts already for us on Networking and  another on one Juggling Jobs. As we are talking about money and finance, Annie has drawn back the curtains on how she – a young university graduate trying to make her way as an […]

Filed Under: Financial, Guest Post Tagged With: Actor, actress, Annie Harris, Artist, budgeting, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Financial, money management, Writer

Guest Post: The Power of the ‘Starving Artist’ Cliché

September 25, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

We’re happy to welcome back A. L. Michael for another of her excellent and refreshingly honest guest posts – this time it’s a bang-on-theme post about money. Enjoy. ———————————————– After a good while of being a self-employed artist, and with having to fill out my first tax form looming (and having lost my accounts book!), […]

Filed Under: Financial, Guest Post Tagged With: Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, finances, Management, Money, Writer, Writing

How Much Does It Cost To Be You?

September 18, 2013 by Steven Sparling 5 Comments

Have you ever asked yourself this question? It seems a bit bizarre, but I want you to start to figure out how much money you need on a monthly basis to be ‘you.’ This starts by figuring out who ‘you‘ are. If you’re a potter, then ‘you’ will probably not be ‘you’ without your own […]

Filed Under: Financial Tagged With: Artist, budgeting, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, financial planning

Is Making MORE Money the Answer?

September 11, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

I’ll be honest with you – I took it pretty easy this summer. (Other than producing the July 30 Day Challenge! 🙂 ) I was away in Canada for part of it and other periods I took time for some good old R&R enjoying the fantastic summer weather in England this year. It was glorious. […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Financial Tagged With: Artist, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, finances, financial planning, Money, Spending

Money Makes the World Go Around?

September 5, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Here’s a classic moment from the film Cabaret where LIza Minnelli and Joel Grey ask the crucial question….

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Artist, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Money, planning

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