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Retirement Planning for Performers: Choosing the Right Plan for Your Financial Goals
If we don’t start saving now, we may find ourselves in a difficult position in our later years, when we feel like we "have to work" rather than choosing to work…That’s why it’s important to start saving as early as possible so that we can have the retirement we want and deserve.
Burning Bridges and Building Businesses: How Artist Entrepreneurs Can (Actually) Make it Happen
Like actual entrepreneurs, artists face the challenge of selling their product to a valued consumer. (If you’re already cringing at the word “consumer,” this blog post is for you.) Unlike actual entrepreneurs, however, artist entrepreneurs have to sell their product (ditto cringing on “product”) without appearing overly salesy, pushy, or corporate.
Go Ahead, Give Yourself Some Credit
The proverbial wisdom tells us that debt in all its forms is an evil that must be avoided. And if for some reason we can’t avoid it, it should be eliminated as quickly as possible. We certainly agree that carrying burdensome debt is not a good thing for your business or mental health, but sometimes borrowing capital is a necessary and even helpful tool to jumpstart our business in the very beginning.
The Dangers of Gig Work
Gig work allegedly provides an artist with the ultimate flexibility required to do what they really love. But we’re much more interested in the flip side of that conversation, an angle we don’t hear that much about: the very real downsides and dangers of gig work.
How Do Actors Survive Financially?
Besides sound financial management (month to month budgeting, a savings strategy, investing in retirement ASAP, spending less than you earn, building an emergency fund) they must build a secondary income stream they have complete control over.
Lucrative Side Hustles for Actors
Bartending or waiting tables? Temping? Telemarketing? Dog-walking? Babysitting? Our answer may surprise you.
What Do Actors Do In Between Jobs?
Most actors bemoan the time “off” in between jobs. We tend to wrap our feelings of validation into whether or not we have an acting gig. That’s because most actors believe they are completely powerless in their own careers.