Art Money Success with Maria Brophy - Designing a life you love

Ep #39 - How to Quit my Job and be a Full Time Artist with 3 kids and no spouse

Art Money Success with Maria Brophy - Designing a life you love

Show Notes

HOW do I quit my job and become a Full-Time Artist when I have 3 kids and no spouse to help me. This is an "ART MONEY SUCCESS (AMS) Q&A" where I answer a question that one of my "inner circle" artists sent me by email.

This question was sent in by Brad, one of my innner-circle artists: "How do I quit my job and become a full-time artist, when I have 3 kids and no spouse? AND how do I quickly generate income from art to pay my bills?"

In this episode I answer the first part of the question. Episode #40 will answer the 2nd part of the question.

When you go full-time as an artist, you essentially become a business owner. In this Podcast I share things to consider BEFORE you quit your day job.

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✅ SEND ME YOUR QUESTION FOR THIS PODCAST: Once you're on my list, you can hit "reply" to one of the emails I send you and send me your question for the Podcast.

In this episode I share the following:

➡️Why you shouldn't quit your day job just yet, if you have family relying on your income

➡️What it means to become a Full-Time Artist

➡️ Suggestions on how to work towards a Full-Time gig as an artist

➡️For a Deeper Dive into this Topic, read: DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A FULL TIME ARTIST: https://mariabrophy.com/business-of-art/what-it-takes-full-time-artist.html

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