PLAN IT! One way to look at plans is to think of them as dreams written on paper. Finding a new job is like taking a trip. You have a destination — the new career, job, contract, or client — and you need to pick a route. Do you want to get there quickly or…

This first of 5 posts is inspired by my son, an Artistic-type, who has decided to begin his journey down the road that leads to the rest of his life. Like many Artists he’s not sure where exactly that might be. But, then neither was I when I began my search for my Destiny in…

What’s Starving Artist Syndrome? A syndrome is a collection of symptoms or signs that help in the diagnosis of a condition, usually a medical one. For example, an official diagnosis of Fibromyalgia Syndrome (which I have) is given if you have 10 or more of 18 specific symptoms. The medical profession uses the word syndrome…

Why care about Starving Artists? Well, that question reminds of a question from my ex that absolutely floored me! I had told her I was taking a workshop on poetry writing (a very expensive $ 50 workshop) and fretting about this horrendous expense she peevishly remarked, “But, what’s the practical value of poetry?” Any of…

Do you know a “Starving Artist”? You know the type — oh, and they don’t have to be ‘real’ artists either. They don’t want to sully their life with ‘business’. Their ‘art’, or whatever it is they produce, if they actually produce anything, is much to elegant to be understood by the “masses”. They want…