Diary of a Creative

Margaret Lefton
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🦄 Welcome to the Diary of a Creative: HQ for creatives, creators, and entrepreneurs. Part class, part video journal by @margaretlefton.

  1. Sep 25

    56. Welcome to Diary of a Creative

    WE'RE REBRANDING FOLKS Follow the journey: @margaretlefton

  2. Sep 12

    55. The reality of moving to LA to follow your dreams - 2 year update (Youtube Video Repost)

    repost of my recent YouTube video - follow me over there I'm now YouTube first :) follow along ze journey: @margaretlefton

  3. Jul 8

    54. What a Creative Portfolio Career Actually Looks Like (life updates)

    Order the Inner Seasons Oracle Deck: a tool for creatives, artists, and entrepreneurs to unlock their biggest life Follow ye journey: @margaretlefton This week I’m sharing a life update on what I’ve been building behind the scenes - from launching my Inner Seasons oracle deck to producing YouTube’s first late-night show, growing into my hosting work with Shopify, and why I think YouTube is becoming my favorite creative platform. I’m also talking about ideas abundance vs execution scarcity. Ie that thing where you have 80000 ideas and struggle to actually bring them to life ~oops~ ✨ In this episode: 🎥 Why YouTube is the platform for multipassionates 📦 Launching and hand-shipping my Inner Seasons Oracle Deck 🎭 Behind the scenes of Good Night with Ben Gleib, TSMA Studios, and Shopify 💡 The challenge of having endless creative ideas - and actually choosing one Keep creating. Keep building. Keep dreaming.

  4. Jun 29

    53. The Cost of Following Your Dreams (Drunk Life Update)

    Never have I ever podcast'd drunk but y'know, when inspiration hits. ANYWAYS, this week: AHHH the tradeoffs of committing your life to art. Reflecting on the homesickness of missing family events and shifts while across the country, learning to rest, nostalgia waves, and finally launching my YouTube. We also chat about dreams, old memories , my first YouTube project for Skidmore College, launching my Inner Seasons oracle deck, and why following your dreams sometimes comes with complicated tradeoffs. 🌊 Navigating grief, homesickness & missing family 🎬 Creating my first YouTube projects 📚 Why I want to build a creative library, not participate in a casino

  5. May 27

    52. 18 months of podcasting and a pause

    52 episodes. 18 months. One LinkedIn Easy Apply that somehow led to a major breakthrough. A bow on this chapter of Multi-Hyphenate University. Tbh guys I wanted this to be more structured with clear takeaways and learnings, and ended up being, as is tradition, more of a live rant lol. I'll save it for the YT video - follow me as I start journeying over there: @margaretlefton TODAYYY: 🎙️ Why "just be yourself" is the simplest, yet hardest advice in creative work😳 What happened the first time I published something real 📖 How showing up consistently as a creative entrepreneur rewired how I see myself✨ Why making your art matters even when the numbers don't

  6. May 23

    51. Producing Late Night TV for YouTube & Work/Art Balance

    Follow Along: @margaretlefton Check out the new YT show I'm producing: @goodnight on YT What to expect this week: 🎬 What producing the first late night show for YT is like🌀 The concept of creative center of gravity - and why LA makes it uniquely hard to stay in your own orbit (aka work/art balance)

  7. May 13

    50. Juggling Complex Grief of a Grandparent & Career Life

    Follow along: @margaretlefton You know that thing where every area of your life is happening all at once? My grandmother passed away this week - a truly outrageous, rude, cold, creative, brilliant, deeply complicated woman who shaped so much of my artistic identity, and childhood. This week: childhood grief, nostalgia, and the strange experience of adult life continuing to move at full (fun, exciting) speed while something foundational shifts underneath you. Today: 🕯️ Losing a grandparent 🃏 My Oracle deck is officially in production - seeing a physical product come to life for the first time!!🎬 Apprenticing on a YouTube late-night show - stepping onto TV-level sets being built for the creator era💡 Learning entertainment production from scratch - lighting, writers’ rooms, celebrity booking, creative collaboration, and set design 3 Margaret

  8. May 3

    49. Directing My First Set & Life'ing

    I got to direct a new YouTube series with The Casting Society (CSA)! Also: life is happening! Huzzah, complexities of being a 3d person 😂 (I live in LA in Venice so am I obligated to say 5d person? *sigh* ) Inside: 🍝 When throw spaghetti at the wall gets old - juggling exciting projects, paid work, portfolio builders, and bandwidth 🎬 Directing my first set - (WOOOOOO) 🎭 What I’m learning about casting - the hidden architects of what we see on screen 🧩 "What is a C-stand" - and how I'm continuing to navigate beginner mindset 📺 Podcast vs. YouTube We out here ~ 💫

    49. Directing My First Set & Life'ing
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🦄 Welcome to the Diary of a Creative: HQ for creatives, creators, and entrepreneurs. Part class, part video journal by @margaretlefton.

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  • Creator
    Margaret Lefton
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    57
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Margaret Lefton
  • Show Website
    Diary of a Creative