E42 As creatives we usually HATE talking money. Unfortunately if you want to do what you love full time you often need to find a way to get an income from it and more importantly manage it in a way you can be educated on the next decisions you need to make.  Today we talk about using tools to see cash flow, the meaning of money, the different stages of income when starting a business and how to balance and keep track of it. Money doesn’t have to be a bad thing but it does have to be understood in order for it to serve you, your creative, and your community.  In This Episode We Cover When do you claim taxes?  When should you register? How do you manage money? Understanding your creative income Informed decisions  The numbers don’t lie  Hobby V Business? Starting with any project and getting narrow Healthy idea of money  Starting business for the right reason  Quotes “ When you get busy and do projects that don’t make sense it’s like your trying to juggle and you have one shitty ball” Host Dave Swillum “ The saddest thing I’ve seen is creating a business you don’t enjoy. It’s likeYou just did all this to get yourself out of the rat race so you could create a business you don’t like which is just a race as another animal, why bother?” Host Dave Swillum “ Looking at the numbers yeah it sucks but when I do this good things come out of it.” Co-Host Ryan Carrigan Dave’s Resources Free accounting tool I use for nowWave Accounting https://www.waveapps.com/ Waking Up From Work Podcast Links Website www.wakingupfromwork.com Patreon(If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork Instagram/Twitter/Tik Tok@davewakeup  Facebook Community to connect to creativeshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/wakingupfromwork/about/ Email[email protected] Youtube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber For audio advice and more in depth music content from Davewww.crawlspaceaudio.com