Part-time musicians needs to focus on something they often don’t address…
Balancing music and life.
If you don’t intentionally design your life to involve your music endeavors, you’ll burn out.
Or you just won’t start.
So here are 14 one-sentence tips for pursuing music without abandoning your life responsibilities.
14 One-Sentence Tips for Balancing Music and Life
1. You define success — don’t let anyone else define it for you
2. You can reach your success even though you’re a part-time musician
3. You must conquer your self-doubt or else you’ll fail
4. Track the goals you’ve accomplished so you stay encouraged
5. Use a calendar to schedule music stuff — it will change your life
6. Create a plan for your music career so you know what you actually want and where you’re going
7. If you have a commute, use it to do something for your music
8. Create in the morning before your day begins instead of at the end of the day when you’re exhausted
9. Sometimes limiting the time you have to make music will push you to create better music and be more productive
10. Be intentionally thankful for your musical skills, equpiment, and opportunities
11. Having a day job can make you enjoy your music time even more
12. Building your music career on the side guarantees you won’t be a “starving artist”
13. Find a job you don’t hate — you don’t have to love it, but it shouldn’t kill your soul
14. Just do one thing today for your music career if that’s all you have time for
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