130. Becoming Full-Time Creatives: Our Journey & Biggest Lessons Learned

THE 505 PODCAST

What's up Rock Nation, today we're reminiscing on our journeys of how we became full time creatives. We shared our stories in episode one, but so much has changed since that episode three years ago. Let us know in the comments where you're at in your creative journey!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Trailer

1:06 - One Handed Crack

1:48 - Plan G

3:14 - College Football talk

4:33 - Reminiscing on our first podcast episode

5:35 - How Brayden got into making videos

7:07 - Motion Array read

8:28 - Brayden continues on his journey

11:37 - We figure out our podcast flow

12:08 - What Brayden learned while making videos at the start

14:33 - Perfectionism isn’t real

16:18 - Chase forced himself to get better

17:07 - How Chase got into making videos

22:40 - Advice Chase would give himself during college

23:26 - Brayden felt pressure to support his family

24:24 - The Jay Alvarrez Effect

25:10 - How Kostas got his start as a creator

29:12 - What Kostas wish he did in college

30:27 - Advice Kostas would give himself during college

31:11 - How vlogging abroad helped Chase

32:08 - We were all teased for making videos early on

33:50 - Understanding who you are as a person

35:10 - Brayden’s journey post college

43:01 - How Brayden, Kostas, and Chase all met

44:55 - Chase’s journey after college

50:43 - Chase’s most challenging editing project to date

52:20 - Where Chase would like to be in his career in a few years

53:48 - Kostas’ post college journey

1:04:11 - Where Kostas is currently at in his career

1:05:41 - Where Brayden is currently at in his career

1:08:17 - Kostas and Fig only fly private now

1:09:59 - Clarity is powerful

1:10:48 - You’re not as busy as you think you

1:11:14 - Take care of your health

1:13:53 - Find a mentor

1:15:19 - Find time to create alone

1:16:41 - Invest in yourself

1:17:09 - Find like minded people

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