Goal Setting & Lifestyle Design | TAA Podcast #2

There’s Dreams, which are ethereal qualities – I’d like to have more money, more free time, or I’d like to make more art.

A lot of business coaches tell you that you should set goals. It’s one thing to dream up big goals for yourself. Setting big challenges is fun, but where I see a lot of artists burn out is setting their sights on something that they don’t actually want because they think that they should.

This is often in the form of getting a big break, or getting into a gallery.

This kind of thought is important because it guides your daily actions. It guides the kind of art you want to create, who your ideal collectors are, and how you will share your message with your ideal audience.

Here’s one of my current Fantasy Ideal Day Schedules (as of this moment – I reserve the right to have as many Fantasy Ideal Day Schedules as I want, and so do you):

7:00am – Wake up, exercise, and eat

8:00am – Spend some time in meditation and spiritual study

9:00am – Make art – writing, painting or something else. Dedicated studio time.

12 PM – LUNCH!!

1:00pm – Email & social media

2:00pm – Consulting sessions with collectors

5:30pm – Dinner with my wife

7:00pm – rehearsal or show

This Fantasy Ideal Day Schedule is not super-realistic. For example, my time on email, Twitter & Forums currently takes up WAY more time than shown here, and at the moment I’m rarely in bed by 11:00 or awake by 7:00… Plus this schedule doesn’t account for any of the client work I currently have to do. But that’s okay – remember, this is a Fantasy Schedule.

It’s a template, because it’s something I aim for, but don’t always hit. That’s okay. Just having a template to shoot for helps me stay on track.