What if being an artist wasn’t the life long dream? - Catherine Rains

Creative Ways Podcast - A podcast by Emma Isaacs

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Being an artist was not part of Catherine’s life plan by any stretch of the imagination. Until age 33, she was one of those people who said, "I don't have an artistic bone in my body." (Sound familiar?) In her family of origin, Catherine was viewed as the unartistic one. she was often told she should be a counsellor or teacher, but artist, definitely not! My parents were talented hobby artists Catherine’s unexpected path started in the middle of a rewarding-but-very-stressful job as a university career services director, where she was guiding others to find their true callings. Catherine went on to find put she had breast cancer, and get divorced before she still would try art fully and now making it her living! Catherine’s Takeaways 1.Work out how to  make your day job work around your art and to create 2.Ask yourself, If you could make what you want, what would it be? 3.What’s your joy? 4.Work out your finances, can you ask your day job to work 5 days a month 5.theres no pressure in collage 6.Get children to have a go college, lay it all out on a table 7.Build up your new work on line before you launch your collection. 8.Launches add excitement to your new work   Connect with Catherine  https://catherinerains.com/ Myres Briggs personality test  https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/  

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