Today's episode focuses on the idea of treating our creative genius like a full-time job as one surefire way to get incredibly good at it. And if you’re utilizing this creative flair of yours in your business, it becomes even more essential to make sure you’re on point when it comes to delivering your creative expertise to the world. Now, let me just say that it may not be possible to put in the actual full-time hours needed to hold down a full-time job, when it comes to your creative genius. However, you can fully carry out the following 5 work-related behaviors (even if you can only commit to a part-time hours work schedule). Set a schedule for yourself each work day and try to stick to it. Show up for work. Fulfill your job description. Work to become more proficient at your craft. Be customer service focused in everything that you do. Transcripts of the episodes are found at the Degrees of Maternity blog.

In this episode, I thought I’d share 3 tips for helping you to focus in on the creative goals that will help you propel your creative efforts forward. The 3 tips are as follows:  Determine your goals. Set a schedule. Make a plan of action. So, there you have it. These tips seem pretty simple at first glance, but they can be pretty complex when you actually try to sit down and tackle them. Check out this episode that invites the consideration of these 3 tips in making your creative goals a reality. Transcripts of the episodes are found at the Degrees of Maternity blog.

In this episode, the business reality that being a creative entrepreneur takes work is highlighted. Simply stated, owning your business requires you to be a worker bee and to have the mental wherewithal to withstand the pressures that entrepreneurship may bring your way. But don't let the work involved call your bluff. The sheer joy in doing something you love and getting rewarded for it far outweighs all the hard work involved. Transcripts of the episodes are found at the Degrees of Maternity blog.

We ALL go through periods in life when we feel like some water has just put a damper on our “lit”- ness. We’re human beings who have ups and downs and all-arounds. And we simply must work within those parameters. So, please don’t be hard on yourself when what you sit down to type out appears to be somewhat lackluster. You’re human. Use these opportunities to be transparent with your audience and share that every day won't be an "A"-game type of day, and that's all right. Transcripts of the episodes are found at the Degrees of Maternity blog.

In a perfect world with what you might think is a no-brainer type of scenario (such as your family and friends being your biggest blogging supporters), you receive all the recognition your little heart desires. But in the real world, you hear crickets. I talk about it in this "real talk" episode. You'll want to check it out. Transcripts of the episodes are found at the Degrees of Maternity blog.

In this episode, I give a personal account of how a blog can feed all the other content platforms you may participate on. Just like my Mom is the HUB for me and my siblings, my blog is the HUB for all things Degrees of Maternity. And this is one of several reasons I plan on being a blogger for life. My blog is just the perfect lifeline to the world of content creation I need. Transcripts of the episodes are found at the Degrees of Maternity blog.

Most bloggers out here will tell you that blogging is a major commitment that shouldn’t be entered into lightly — at least not where the career blogger is involved. The profession of blogging is not something you just carry out on a whim. There’s a plan, a deliberate strategy of action that formulates, carrying you through your goal-oriented actions for the day. It’s all about being bloggingly purposeful with what you do, so the wheels don’t keep spinning with no destination in sight. Transcripts of the episodes are found at the Degrees of Maternity blog.

In this episode, I discuss the strategy of repurposing your content to grow a wider audience and acknowledging there's absolutely no shame in using this method of increasing your content reach. After all, you're simply taking the content that YOU create, YOUR own intellectual property, and you’re putting it out in various places throughout the online world where people can get to it. To me, it seems only right to make sure that the people who need your content the most are able to find it. Transcripts of the episodes are found at the Degrees of Maternity blog.

The Blogging Community has been one of the most effective Accountability Partners I've ever had (even without them necessarily knowing it). There's something about keeping my word to my readers when I publicly announce that I'll be taking on some new initiative. The Blogging Community has helped keep me pressing forward with my creative aspirations and closer and closer to that goal post that would evade me if I didn't have them cheering me on. Transcripts of the episodes are found at the Degrees of Maternity blog.

Today's episode can be called somewhat of a continuation of the one before it. The importance of the planning phase can never be stressed enough, but neither can the implementation of the plan. Planning but never moving on that plan will NEVER pay off for the Creative Entrepreneur. So, the partnership of both pieces of the creative puzzle are necessary to make any notable progress in one's creative journey. And with that in mind, I decided to dedicate this episode to bringing in an oldie but goodie blog post of mine to shed some light on how incredibly important action is to a planned course of action.  Transcripts of the episodes are found at the Degrees of Maternity blog.