I was feeling soooo tangled up about this.

Feeling like these two things are inherently AT ODDS with each other.

They're actually not. They actually have no direct relationship with each other at all.

Your most PURPOSEFUL work doesn’t have any direct relationship to your most MARKETABLE work.

And also maybe you don’t have any MARKETABLE work but that doesn’t say anything about your VALUABLE work.

BUT YOUR FEELINGS MATTER.

So I was FEELING tangled up about this, even with having YEARS of experience of balancing these things in ways that work for me, here I am in a place where it doesn't feel like it's working.

So I drew this diagram.

And I INSTANTLY felt better.

It felt like THERE IS SPACE FOR EVERYTHING.

This is part of the magic of journaling, and taking things out of your head (where all they can do is swirl around) and putting them somewhere outside of you, where you can move them around and put them into different positions in relation to each other.

And it's so easy for things to feel confusing when they are swirling, and this is complicated for me... I am anti-capitalist AND I recognize the ways that capitalism supports my life. And I do support initiatives for change! Especially around a universal livable basic income.

But I do have to be here, where I am, living in this economy as a self employed creative.

So I keep asking the questions.

Feeling the feelings.

And listening to my creative genius because:

YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS IS ALWAYS BIGGER THAN THE OBSTACLES.

For me I went from 100% tangled to.... oh yeah this is fine I got this.... within 30 minutes from working on this Venn diagram.

Also helped by what we've been doing in How To Make More Money Without Destroying Your Soul! (Membership members, get that here.  This one is also available for purchase outside of the membership, here)

 

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