1 hr 18 min

Being a Multi-Passionate Creative and Owning it! - Juliet Thomas Creative Ways Podcast

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Writer and all round creative, Juliet Thomas gave up her corporate life after 2 decades of excelling her finance roles, but this path didn’t ever light her up, finally, Juliet jumped ship and yes you guessed, it she has found her purpose and her life’s true work.
Juliet did it messy and said yes to every new opportunity. Being humble paid off as within months Juliet was running a writing group which is now known as the Curious Creative Club!
However, through this time Juliet found out she had Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a rare type of blood cancer which was a surprise to say the least. She’s now through chemo treatment and on the road to recovery, Juliet talks about what it was like going through all of this and in the pandemic too. And even through all of that she still found time to give weekly live workshops for psychologies magazine!
 
Juliet’s Take aways
1) If you can and are just starting out, have a year of play and experimentation and see what you fall in love with
2) Working on your own, and especially long term projects is hard, if you can find a group where you can share ideas and be accountable, as you would with colleagues in an office, and if there isn't one, create one yourself like we did.
3) Perfectionism is the death of moving forwards with your big dream, just start, you can tweak and improve later, nothing terrible will happen. 
4) Don't let your own self-image / perception insecurities put you off being visible, sometimes not having those hang-ups about what you look like can be quite freeing, and the strength and focus instead becomes your message and that you were brave enough to show up - people will relate to that and be rooting for you.
5) Think yes first, no second, don't discount things out of lack of confidence - think what is the very worst that can happen, and then realise how unlikely that is
6) Follow the opportunity, not the money (as John Hegarty says)  -you never know where it might lead and it can lead to some great collaborations and learnings
7) Spend time in nature, walking and noticing your surroundings - it's the ultimate top up for creative energy and we need that head space for idea generation and problem solving
8) Find your tribe and check in with them regularly, whether that be fellow creative friends or connections on Instagram - much as I love my family, half the time they 'don’t' get it, so you need that inspiration, advice, support and mentorship from like-minded people.
9) Don't beat yourself up if you have more than one creative passion, and have a multi-creative project portfolio of work, if it's what keeps you interested and motivated, who cares? But do try to find systems and techniques to put in place that work for you,  so you don't feel completely overwhelmed and disorganised
10) Finally, don’t put off your creative dream and think I'll get around to it 'one day', if this last few years has taught us anything, it's that life is unpredictable - just do it, no regrets, and whilst you have the energy!
 
Website Home & Blog: www.thecuriouscreativeclub.co.uk
Instagram: @thecuriouscreativeclub
Facebook: The Curious Creative Club 
 
 

Writer and all round creative, Juliet Thomas gave up her corporate life after 2 decades of excelling her finance roles, but this path didn’t ever light her up, finally, Juliet jumped ship and yes you guessed, it she has found her purpose and her life’s true work.
Juliet did it messy and said yes to every new opportunity. Being humble paid off as within months Juliet was running a writing group which is now known as the Curious Creative Club!
However, through this time Juliet found out she had Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a rare type of blood cancer which was a surprise to say the least. She’s now through chemo treatment and on the road to recovery, Juliet talks about what it was like going through all of this and in the pandemic too. And even through all of that she still found time to give weekly live workshops for psychologies magazine!
 
Juliet’s Take aways
1) If you can and are just starting out, have a year of play and experimentation and see what you fall in love with
2) Working on your own, and especially long term projects is hard, if you can find a group where you can share ideas and be accountable, as you would with colleagues in an office, and if there isn't one, create one yourself like we did.
3) Perfectionism is the death of moving forwards with your big dream, just start, you can tweak and improve later, nothing terrible will happen. 
4) Don't let your own self-image / perception insecurities put you off being visible, sometimes not having those hang-ups about what you look like can be quite freeing, and the strength and focus instead becomes your message and that you were brave enough to show up - people will relate to that and be rooting for you.
5) Think yes first, no second, don't discount things out of lack of confidence - think what is the very worst that can happen, and then realise how unlikely that is
6) Follow the opportunity, not the money (as John Hegarty says)  -you never know where it might lead and it can lead to some great collaborations and learnings
7) Spend time in nature, walking and noticing your surroundings - it's the ultimate top up for creative energy and we need that head space for idea generation and problem solving
8) Find your tribe and check in with them regularly, whether that be fellow creative friends or connections on Instagram - much as I love my family, half the time they 'don’t' get it, so you need that inspiration, advice, support and mentorship from like-minded people.
9) Don't beat yourself up if you have more than one creative passion, and have a multi-creative project portfolio of work, if it's what keeps you interested and motivated, who cares? But do try to find systems and techniques to put in place that work for you,  so you don't feel completely overwhelmed and disorganised
10) Finally, don’t put off your creative dream and think I'll get around to it 'one day', if this last few years has taught us anything, it's that life is unpredictable - just do it, no regrets, and whilst you have the energy!
 
Website Home & Blog: www.thecuriouscreativeclub.co.uk
Instagram: @thecuriouscreativeclub
Facebook: The Curious Creative Club 
 
 

1 hr 18 min