What are You Interested in? 

If you are interested in exploring options to earn money in other ways besides your current employment or career, a great place to start is to really evaluate your interests.  Often we discard the things we are really interested in because we have preconceived ideas that they won’t be able to provide the income we want.  For example, why is it that the term “starving artist” is so common?  Are all artists starving or broke?  Are there some artists who do earn a great living?  What are the ways in which an artist can earn money?  What are the different ways that an artist earns money from their trade?  Can they license their material; create multiple products from their artwork; have someone else create multiple products from their artwork?  Can they work as an artist in a corporate environment; as an instructor; as a consultant; in a field or for a company, which supplies their industry?  And on and on!!

How do you start to explore alternative ways to create income from your interests and talents? You can do this exercise in any industry by starting to ask questions and exploring options.  If you truly have an interest in anything and have discarded the idea of earning money from that interest, start asking different questions before you immediately eliminate any possibility.

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