Having an abundant mindset can change your position financially. One of the first steps to becoming a better version of yourself is to shift your mindset and call yourself what you intend to become. If you want to be a business owner, start calling yourself CEO or Founder.
Art & Money Matters Mondays There are 2.5 weeks left to year end and I’m planning early for the conversation with my tax advisor (what I term, “The Talk”). It’s not the thing most people look forward to at the […]
Art & Money Matter Monday’s Over the past month, we have been blogging about money-saving tips for artists “in transition” from student to working artist and vice versa. In this blog, I wanted to focus on another important transition that […]
Art & Money Matter’s Mondays: Today’s message is inspired by friends and colleagues who frantically called and texted the past few days because they missed the April 15th federal tax return filing due date and also missed the October 15th […]
It’s the 4th quarter of the year… …now that you’ve followed the steps, in last week’s article, and created an annual operating budget for your creative business, it’s time to create your personal budget. Creating a personal budget is less complicated […]
It’s the 4th quarter of the year and you still have a few months to take care of personal and business money matters that have been following you all year. Here’s a “To Do” list that will help you close out […]
It doesn’t take Ned Stark (from HBO’s Game of Thrones) to remind us that we’re more than half way through the year and therefore closer to worrying about tax time. If you are a registered business, freelancer or independent contractor, […]
So last week we talked about the 3 instances when artists and creatives are most focused on their finances. We identified the “summer money” blues as the time of year when teaching artists see the most fluctuation or lull in their […]
It is officially summer and you know what that means? VACATION TIME! Hopefully you’ve already estimated the budget for the trip, saved enough money to fund it and, notified your employer(s) and client(s) that you’ll be taking time off. BUT…if […]
Art & Money Matters: In the Spirit of Father’s Day, 3 Lessons My Dad Taught Me About Money. My Dad was NOT frugal! Nahhhhh. He’s what I like to call a financially conscientious or planned person. And he definitely passed that […]