40 Things Every Grown-Up Needs to Make Good Money With Their Craft

Oh god, we're definitely doing this

I’m 40 years old! It’s disgusting!

But, I spent my 40th in Iceland 🇮🇸 with my best friends in the whole world, which made it less disgusting. They creamed me in the face with a cupcake. We drank French champagne. We bought ridiculous coats. And then the Chief of Police of Iceland emailed me with a speeding ticket. 🤣 (The photo they attached of us with our rental car is friggin’ hilarious. ⬇️)

In the meantime, however, I realized that people who have forty-year-old eyeballs (!!!) are qualified to offer advice on things that people with thirty-nine-year-old eyeballs are not qualified to offer, mostly because that one extra day of experience really counts.

So I thought, shoot, I should really share some of these gems, before the Icelandic police force imprisons me.

Alas, I’ve compiled 40 (true and helpful) pieces of business advice for anyone in a creative field, who has been tasked with the revolting task of having to sell one’s self. 🥴 Whether it’s your art, your photography, your writing, your illustrations, or some other creative endeavor, there is a fine line between “making enough to get by” and “making enough to buy the fucking Louvre.”

And, I think we know which one WE’D prefer. Mostly so I can finally learn how to pronounce “louvre.”

*CLEARS THROAT*

*STOMPS OUT CIGAR*

Let’s begin!