Flow Copy Collective

How do you nurture your creativity?

They say with business growth comes growing pains.

September has been tricky for me in that way.

I’m offloading, shedding skin, finishing projects—making space for more room on my plate. Working harder to get ahead.

Things like:

〰️ Sending client annual re-up agreements
〰️ Sending client bi-annual check-in forms
〰️ Getting weeks ahead on content calendars for clients (not me tho…lol)
〰️ Refining client dashboards
〰️ Setting up new systems for new collaborators joining me in content creation
〰️ Developed an entirely new offer suite that I’m dropping this week!!!
〰️ Chugging away at redesigning my website (it’s so cute with the rebrand to Muses 😍)

〰️ I’m curating September’s MUSELETTER (which includes an interview with an old friend/talented artist—you don’t want to miss this one!)

〰️I also signed up as a volunteer to judge a speech and debate competition for next (who am I???)

So yeah, finishing things up and doing s**t that has no relevance to advance my revenue is what’s needed to nurture my creativity.

That’s why I think September begs me to slow down.

It begs me to come out of my creation chamber (studio) and breathe in the last bit of summer air–which I did.

It calls me to the persimmon tree as they show off their annual magic—to witness the round bunches on each branch shift from granny apple green to tangerine.

September is one of my favorite months because it muses me to meander, to frolic in the woods, stare wildly into starlit campfires, and romp around 260-foot sand dunes until my legs expire.

So I let it.

I always let September weather put a rigid boundary on my screen time. Even if that means my task lists take longer than desired.

I take full advantage of the twilight that is summer fading to fall. If I didn’t, I would never gather enough creative fuel to hibernate inspiration for the winter.

My nomadic life as an artist, writer, service provider, and creator also keeps my creativity charged.

Soon, we’ll head south to chase milder temperatures and soak up the coastal sounds and smells of the Texas Gulf come December.

How do you keep fueling your creativity?

Most of us creatives suffer in similar ways.⁠
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I graduated into the art world 12ish years ago, with 60K in debt from my uni degree, and a disillusioned idea of what it takes to “make it as an artist.”⁠
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10 years ago, I walked away from that dream.⁠
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Why? Because nobody taught any of us how to actually make money.⁠
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I decided that if I wanted to be “successful,” then art would have to take a back seat while I figured out how to “get a real job.”⁠
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I spent 10 years learning business, marketing, wine, sales, messaging — and it was only recently I realized that I am, above all else, AN ARTIST.⁠
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That intrinsic characteristic of mine wasn’t going anywhere despite my turning a blind eye to it. ⁠
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Now–I have all of the real-world business and soft skills to actually promote my art.⁠
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Now, through my own experience and working with so many creative entrepreneurs, I know that we’re great creatives but not necessarily marketers, salespeople, or systems and operation specialists.⁠
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This is really where the idea for FSMO came from. ⁠
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Don’t ask me how. Don’t ask me why. ⁠
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As a fine artist, I can’t explain it. ⁠
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But when it comes to knowing how things operate, my brain lights up a little differently. ⁠
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When it comes to communicating complex things to thousands of individual personalities, I’m classically trained.⁠
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Hospitality management and understanding the fundamentals of copywriting will do that to you. ⁠
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I obsess over details and how to make things come together. ⁠
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Flow State Marketing Operations is a hybrid style / done-for-you intensive designed to give you more freedom and flow in your business. ⁠
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It strikes the perfect balance between doing the hard work for you and empowering you with a system that makes it easy to manage your marketing operations and maintain the 5-star client service you’re known for.⁠
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On the other side of FSMO, you’ll not only feel more organized and finally have systems in place to manage clients and sales processes, but you’ll finally feel connected to that part of your business, so you feel more empowered to market yourself as a skilled artist, or whichever way your work evolves.