by Michael LaPenna
Good morning and Happy Hump Day, ya’ll! I’m stopping by to say a quick word of #WednesdayMotivation on creative entrepreneurship and to get you excited for my new blog series coming in the next several weeks. To paraphrase global entrepreneur and current social media badass Gary Vaynerchuk, let’s go!,
Since embarking on the creative entrepreneurship journey that is FreelanceMikey, I’ve been inspired on a daily basis. I starting out by doing relatively small jobs with big impacts and because of that work, where so many other people live for the weekend, I’ve learned to treat my weekdays as days to be lived and not loathed. I spend my days helping ambitious people fulfill their need to get their creative ideas out into the world and I’m thankful for it every day. From creative writing and editing work assisting clients with plays, screenplays, memoirs and novels, to the more specific personal one-on-one creative consulting helping propel my clients’ personal and professional confidence, each job and each client gives me a practical and consistent sense of purpose in what I do—not just as a creative entrepreneur but as an air-breathing human being who likes to help people. To this point, I think my music and audio mixing work has been one of the most rewarding parts of my creative work: making music mixes and mashups for personal use for everything from wedding songs to dance recitals—and even a routine for America’s Got Talent got wrangled in there somewhere. In all cases, I get the great privilege to help my clients dream just a little bigger and express a deep love for what they’re doing. It’s a rich reward that I will never ever take for granted in the least.
“Follow your bliss!” - Joseph Campbell