Time For The Holidays

Here in the States, and much of the Northern Hemisphere, we’re heading into the winter holiday season, if we’re not there already. This time of year gets many of us thinking about the end of a calendar year and beginning of the next, bringing to mind new beginnings and fresh starts. One thing that comes up often is that people, and artists in particular, are wanting to create more balance in their life. Usually, the feeling of balance comes down to how time is spent.Artists usually come to me for coaching on how to create more time to create their art, so I have a lot of experience with this. In this episode I thought it would be particularly timely to discuss time and balance today with a narrow and urgent focus on what that looks like and how to do it during the holidays.Two phenomena I see happen to artists during the holidays are:They give up. The competition for time between family obligations, travel, financial obligations, and just resting makes some artists just give up on their creative endeavors and vow to make up for it in the new year. Instead, consider that there are still several full weeks to make an impact on your 2022 goals. This isn’t the same as making a conscious prioritizing choice.Or, the opposite of hustling through the last 6 weeks of the year. You know you’re in that hustle energy when you decide to get a head start on 2023 instead of “wasting time” on the holiday celebrations that everyone else is doing. Both of these come from the same belief that you don’t have enough time and that you need to borrow or lend yourself time in order to get shit done.You create time. The way you spend your time is not created without you. I’m calling you to step into being the protagonist, the subject of the sentence, “I have time. I create it.” Expand your timeline. Is it really true that December is the end of something and January is the beginning of something else? What if it made more sense to think in terms of seasons rather than days and weeks?Ready to start making art, making, money, and making an impact? Visit makingartistspodcast.com or connect with me on IG @thenancysun.Music credit: Positive Experience by Sunny TonesA Podcast Launch Bestie production