Should You Start a Creative Business? With Erin Nielson

Today Kristin is talking with Erin Nielson, a watercolor artist who has turned her creative hobby into a thriving business. She’s sharing her perspective on how you know if you should merge your creative passion with business. We talked about:

  • Why Erin keeps some parts of her art just for herself
  • How to know if you’re ready to start a creative business
  • Why finding your purpose is so similar to finding your creative voice
  • How to stop feeling discouraged if your work doesn’t match what you want for it yet
  • Erin’s Purpose Statement (and her Purpose Statement for her business!)
  • How Erin translates her purpose into the day-to-day choices of doing what matters most
  • What it’s like to feel contentment despite not having perfect circumstances
  • Dealing with feelings of inadequacy as a creative

 

Learn more about Erin’s work on her website or watch her YouTube watercolor flower tutorials.

Erin also created a custom watercolor print just for us! We wanted to share it with you. To get that printable, just sign up for our email list right HERE. And we're shipping a printed version to new patrons that sign up in November! Sign up for Patreon HERE.

 

SHOW NOTES: For a recap of the episode and any links we mentioned in our conversation today, head HERE

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Conversations about finding your purpose and making progress on what matters most with best friends Laura Farr and Kristin Brown.