Today's Checkup Includes...
βVital Signs How to Unpack your Past
βLab Work Effortlessly Raise Funds For a Creative Project
βConsult What's stopping you from sharing?
βPrescriptions What to Watch, Listen To, Read and Try Out Next
βMore Ways to Thrive Special offers, bonuses and cool things
VITAL SIGNS π©Ί
UNPACKING YOUR CREATIVE PAST
Looking back can be pleasurable or painful, depending on what's behind you.
We're halfway through the year, and for some of us, it's a moment we're not sure how to process.
You might be moving forward with some goals, but others might be stuck in limbo.
So do you start over? Push through? Reset? A combination of all 3?
Well, in a conversation in our God and Gigs 360 GOLD mastermind, I think I got a glimpse of why it's so important to be honest with your progress.
While we talked about trauma and issues we've dealt with in church work growing up (yes, we go there in our mastermind calls), the topic of what we believed about God and creativity came up.
And like many of you, I remember being ashamed about playing / listening to secular music. There was a stigma placed on many of us creatives as we were growing up to avoid "the world."
The question is, are you still mourning the creative you 'would have been' if you hadn't had those negative thoughts put in your mind?
This is where we have to be like Paul, and 'forget those things' that are behind us.
Your creative future is SO much bigger than your past.
So look back at this year, take stock, make adjustments, but DON'T get stuck in "what could have been."
NOTE: If you have more thoughts on this topic, or just want to go deeper in your creative calling, you really should consider joining us in God and Gigs 360 GOLD. There's a space for your voice in our Mastermind discussions.
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LAB WORK π¬
ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE?
On my birthday, June 1st, I began a campaign to raise funds for my next recording project.
My idea was to ignore the Kickstarter platforms and do everything directly through Convertkit Commerce - since it's literally right there on my desktop with plenty of options for collecting payments.
The results? Well, I got 9 people to jump in immediately at $50 a person. Then 2 more joined last weekend. So I'm above my 20% goal on the way to 50 total supporters.
Here's an example below of what Commerce makes easy to share.
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Why is this a huge win? Because I didn't pay ANYTHING in fees or other platform costs. And I'm actually promoting this inside community instead of asking strangers to support my creative work.
My only social sharing has been a few P.S. in the captions and some stories where I blocked out the original music I was playing (creating some FOMO).
So far this experiment has proven very valuable in realizing that you CAN sell your products and concerts - even IN ADVANCE - with the right tools and connection with your supporters.
NOTE: I know many of you have email services already, so you might think joining ConvertKit just for these tools won't make sense.
Good news.
They have specialists that can migrate ALL of your subscribers so nothing is lost. I recommend you check it out!
THE CONSULT π¬
Stopped in Your Tracks?
Why is it that those of us who have a unique voice are the most likely to keep it under wraps?
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If this is true about you, you're not alone. It seems like being consistent with our creative sharing is the hardest thing to maintain - because it's an emotional battle every time you start.
The question is first - why?
And the next question is - how can we change that?
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First we have to figure out what we're hiding from. Vote below and let's start a community conversation!
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π PRESCRIPTIONS
Here's your next steps to keep thriving this week.
π WATCH and LISTEN to our interview with Mickey Smith, Jr. for an incredible dose of practical and inspiration knowledge in EP 291.
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Thanks for reading!
Continue to become the creative you were created to be, and if you enjoyed this, please forward it to a friend!
Gratefully,
Allen