…to realize that you might be good in a number of areas but
need help with others. I’ve been a freelancer—whether or not I would
have admitted to this in the past—since June 1997 when I chucked the corporate
life and went out on my own. Creatively,
I’ve done quite well for myself: I’m
rhythmically gifted and discovered the joy of hand drumming and
performing; I love to sing and tell
stories; I continue to teach via drumming classes and workshops for educators; I
perform a one-woman show that I authored; and I’ve pursued acting in television
and film—a dream I have held onto since I was ten.
However, it’s been a rocky ride, financially. Yes, I will admit to this. As my husband now realizes, I am just not cut
for the life of a 9 to 5er. Nope. And while the life of a freelance creative educator
comes with freedom and vision, it does not provide a regularity of income. I know I can attract abundance—I’ve done it in the past. But how to manage this abundance when I’m in
a temporary lean period so that I’m not looking to eat my arm for sustenance
(figuratively speaking!)?
Perhaps I need to learn how to treat what I do more as a business? Would that help organize those aspects of personal
financial management I seem to lack? It’s
like I don’t know what I don’t know, and this not knowing is getting in the way
of my enjoying more the time I have here in this life experience.
Maybe it is not too late to learn how to better manage the
business facets of my acting career and Trencher Educational Consulting (dba “The
Percussion Lady” and “Golda Meir: Choices & Chances”). Maybe I can learn enough to know that I need
to hire a professional to cover some of these aspects.
Suggestions?
