Creative Future
Money: food security, health security, being able to have the necessities plus more for fun.
Actions to take:
- Save a portion of my paychecks to my savings account
- Create a strict budget and stick to it
Career/Job: Studio Artist and middle school or high school art teacher.
Actions to take:
- Create a solid website for my works
- Be more active on social medias and learn how to market my work
- Get my teaching license
Community/Peers: Online art community through social media as well as local artist friends in the state that I am living in.
Actions to take:
- Interact with the artists I admire/ am interested with on social media
- Apply to more art shows in the state to meet more people
Place/ Live: I would be happy anywhere I go as long as I am with my future wife. My top locations would be Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, The Carolinas, or California.
Actions to take:
- Find a place to live
- Find a job at that location
Environment/ Studio: Large studio space with windows. Painting easels and painting materials. Printmaking slab and press. Apple computer, photography setup, digital scanner, storage closet. A calming yet fun space.
Actions to take:
- Start collecting items over the years for when I have my own studio
- Create a set apart fund for my studio
Mentors: Other people in the area, online class mentors, past teachers.
Actions to take:
- Familiarize myself with other artists I want to learn from
- Take online art classes
Education: Complete my AFA at Snow College, then complete a regular BFA then get a teaching licensure or do a BFA in Art Teaching
Actions to take:
- Apply for schools I am interested in
- Tour campuses and see what feels right
Lifestyle: A fun balanced lifestyle
Actions to take:
- Participate in multiple activities, not just art related
- Implement element of how I want that lifestyle to look, little by little
Spiritual/Mental: Feel more connected with myself and the earth around me
Actions to take:
- Continue being in therapy
- Take meditation/ sound bath classes
Physical: Be physically fit, not too buff but just enough to feel good
Actions to take:
- Take workout classes/ enroll in a gym membership
Practice/Process: Be an oil painter, acrylic painter, and printmaker.
Actions to take:
- Take more painting and printmaking classes
- Set aside time for working on concepts
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