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Design Your Art Career Around Your Energy (Not Hustle)

If you love making art but worry that turning it into a career will burn you out, you’re not dramatic. You’re aware.

Because there is a lot to do when you start taking your art seriously. Even as a side hustle. Even as a part-time dream. It can feel like a tidal wave of tasks, expectations, and noise.

And here’s the truth I want you to hear in your bones:

You don’t need to work harder.

You need to protect your energy.

Hustle culture is built on output and productivity, but creatives run on intuition, sensitivity, and joy. When you’re depleted, your work gets flat, your studio gets avoided, and suddenly you’re scrolling instead of creating.

This episode is a permission slip and a strategy session rolled into one. We’re talking about how to design a sustainable art career around your actual rhythms, not someone else’s grind.

Creativity Needs Fullness, Not Depletion

I talk about depletion in a more useful way than “burnout”. Burnout is the end result. Depletion is the daily drain that leads you there.

Signs you’re depleted:

• You’re avoiding the studio
• You’re scrolling more than creating
• Your work feels flat
• You’re doubting your art
• You’re tired all the time 

Most people try to keep giving as long as there’s anything left in the cup. But artists need to give from the overflow, from the saucer. That’s where the good stuff lives. 

And in this episode, we’re talking about how you can fill your cup to overflowing.

We’ll also discuss:

• Uncovering your personal creative rhythms and energy levels 
• How to match your tasks to those energy levels 
• How to time block to support that work
• Creating boundaries that will help you avoid depletion 

Success doesn’t come from constant output. It’s about loving the work again. Feeling spaciousness, joy, and choice instead of desperation. 

Until next time, y’all!

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Resources Mentioned: 

• Curious about Studio Elite? Our next cohort starts late February 2026: https://www.jodiekingart.com/studioelite 
• Learn more about Upcoming Workshops: https://jodieking.com/workshop 
• Looking for an art community? Join us in the Honest Art® Society: https://www.jodiekingart.com/has  
• You might also like Episode 137: Art Fair Application Secrets Every Artist Should Know: https://jodieking.com/episode-137-art-fair-application-secrets-every-artist-should-know/
• Jodie also talks about time management in Episode 111: The Hidden Studio Habits That Sabotage Your Creativity: https://jodieking.com/episode-137-art-fair-application-secrets-every-artist-should-know/
• Learn More about Commissions in Episode 41: How to Have Fun and Make Money with Commissions: https://jodieking.com/episode-41-how-to-have-fun-and-make-money-with-commissions/
• Interested in Licensing Your Art? Listen to Episode 134: The Art Licensing Playbook with Cat Coquillette: https://jodieking.com/episode-134-the-art-licensing-playbook-with-cat-coquillette/
• Learn How to Price Your Art So It Sells with Episode 69: https://jodieking.com/episode-69-best-of-how-to-price-your-art-so-it-sells/ 

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