Hello guys and welcome to everydayidraw!
I am super excited about today's video,
because when I've actually learned this
technique of working with your fear from
my boyfriend's mom, and she's a really
interesting woman with a very strong
life opinion – at first I was a little bit
frustrated of how easy it seemed to be.
But now I've used this technique for,
I would say, more than half a year and
I find it extremely helpful. And I can see
how it really changed my life in a lot
of different ways. So let's begin! I have
to say, that I am a strong believer that
everything that happens to you, you
deserve. And this life opinion is not the
easiest one, because you have to deal
with the fact that every obstacle and
every hard thing that happens to you
along the way, along your artists journey
or whatever it is, that you are
doing in your life, is something that
happened to you for a reason. And that
reason is being you or your thoughts or
anything like that. And I have to say,
that this kind of thing makes my life
harder in the way, that I have to deal
with the fact that, for example if I do
not earn enough money, let's say, this is
because of me, not because of something
else. But on the other hand, it gives you
a lot of power, because you feel that you
are in charge of the situation. And this
method is actually part of this life
philosophy, I would say. So let's begin:)
I use it every time to reconstruct my
fears and to actually get a very
distinctive list of things that I have
to do right now to get rid of my fear.
And to make sure that it will not
actually happen in real life.
In order to do that you have to work
inside of the cycle. So, let's say, you
have this moment of now, when you are
sitting and thinking about your fear and
you're being really scared by it or by its
consequences.
Then you have that moment in your life,
when this fear is actually becoming
reality. So, we are working between these
two periods of life and the first step,
that you have to do and which I find is
the hardest for me at least, is that you
have to let yourself go and imagine the
worst possible scenario, that is actually
possible with your fear. I will show
you this method by deconstructing my own
fear of "what if I don't make enough
money and I will not be able to pay for
my flat, I will not be able to pay for my
bills or my food, for my pet's food,
and nobody will support me and in the
end I will be left under the bridge and
everything will be horrible". So that's my
real fear, that's my real struggle. And
I think that a lot of you might find this
situation familiar, because let's face it,
when you do freelance, money's pretty big
thing in your life, especially when you
are beginning and you don't yet have
this income that you are sure of.
So, let's begin – first thing is to imagine
that the worst possible scenario
happened. And this is the thing from
psychology, I think – maybe if you have
therapist, you worked with this
kind of situation... It will make your life
easier, because we spend a lot of energy,
at least that's what I do to you know,
close your eyes and really not think
about the worst possible thing that
might happen. And you're like: "Oh no no no,
I'm not thinking about it, I'm not
thinking about it, no no no no no no, this is
not happening!". And this is how we spend
most of our times, but when you actually
imagine this: "Okay fine, it happened, so
fine!" – at least I feel a relief, because
I no longer need to spend this huge amount
of energy trying to stay away from this
horrible thing. So you imagine, if you say:
"Okay fine, let's just say, this thing
happened. Okay, I'm under the bridge, I have
no money, so yeah, I have really haven't
eaten for days" and
you know, this kind of stuff. And then you
have to ask yourself, you go back from
this moment, when it actually happened,
to this present moment, and you ask yourself:
"What can I do NOW to ensure that this
thing will not happen?". And this is
actually the magical moment, because now
your fear is not really that scary
anymore, because you've imagined the
worst possible scenario, you looked your fear
into the eyes and now you can work with it.
And when you actually ask yourself,
like what can I do now – this gives you a
very distinguished list of things, that
you can do. Because this is a rather
simple question. Maybe it's not
that simple, but when you ask yourself,
you can think of things. So, let's go back
to our no money situation.
I've actually… Wait a second… I've made a
list of decisions, in case I will forget
about them. So let's say, you are afraid
of being without money, because you are
afraid that you will have no clients, and
what you actually can do now, is to
ensure that your clients are actually…
They are not the only source of income,
that you have. And this is extremely,
extremely, EXTREMELY important. This is
called diversification of income. And it
is about making money from several
different sources. Again, I have another
list here I've made for you, to maybe
inspire you a bit, to give you an idea of
what you can do to make money.
I've talked more about it in my "How to make
money as a freelance artist" video.
So please take a look, it will be somewhere
in the cards here. But for example, if you
are working with clients, you can have
several different clients, like
advertising agencies or game development
agencies or animation studios or
newspapers, magazines or people, that
have blogs and maybe online magazines and
stuff like that. So all of the different
types of clients does different types of
work. And some projects are really tiny,
but they are continuous. Like for example,
you are doing an illustration for,
I don't know, a horoscope to a magazine, and
they need it, let's say, every month or
maybe this is a big project, that
happens from time to time, like for
example you are doing storyboards for
advertising agency and it happens only
when they are making a video ad.
So, this happens like maybe every three
months or so, but this is again a big sum
of money. So, this is the first thing.
Second thing is you can have
crowdfunding platforms, like Kickstarter
for a big projects or Patreon for like a
small or not that small monthly income.
You can do commissions and this
is totally up to you. I mean, if working
with agencies and game development
companies require a certain style of
work, if you are doing commissions you
can do whatever it is that you love in
any style that you love. This is a
perfect opportunity I think and with
commissions again you decide, how much
you want to take, how much you want to
charge and what type of work do you want
to do. So if for example, you are tired
from let's say digital work, you can go
and do some traditional art: gouache
or watercolor and sell it, totally up to
you. Next thing is teaching, you can do
online courses that requires you talking
to audience every time or you can
pre-record videos and upload them to
platforms like Skillshare or there are
tons of them. I mean in Czech Republic
there are several platforms that provide
pre-recorded lessons in Czech. And this
is again another great opportunity.
You can teach in university or high
school or whatever.
I mean possibilities are endless. Again,
if you are teaching this is not the
thing that pays you a lot of money, but
when you would sum up all of this small
incomes, you would get a monthly revenue,
that will totally be okay. Next thing is,
you can have an online shop. And here
again, you can decide, if you want to have
your own online shop and maybe sell
stuff on Facebook or Instagram or maybe
Etsy or you want to have
print-on-demand shop, like society6 or
RedBubble and stuff like that. Or maybe
you can make a presence in somebody
else's online shop. Like maybe your
friend artists again have established
shop, you can cooperate with them or you
can sell your own merchandise that you
publish on your own. Like I do fanzines
and stickers and stuff like that, all the
links will be listed down below. You can
look into book publishing, because here
you get a revenue when the books
are sold or being sold. You can have a
income from tutorials on Gumroad, maybe
something like that. Also you can do
licensing of your art on webs like
Shutterstock and other huge photo banks.
Again, if you are having your own blog,
you can have profit from Google Adsense
or you can do sponsored videos or posts
or whatever. And last but not least, you
can work with conventions, which happens
a lot during summer or spring. And you
can do for example art for them, or you
can do talks, panels and stuff like
that. And a lot of those things I'm
talking about right now, will be listed
in Frannerd video, I will leave link,
again in cards here so you can take a
look, she talked about it a lot more. But
now you see that clients are not the
only people that can give you money in
the end. And when we talk about clients,
there are a lot of different types of
clients, so you can look more into
for example advertising agencies, because
you did not think about them before. And
then we go back to our cycle. And let's
say, we did like a first cycle and
now we have some kind of decisions that
we thought of and they're pretty
practical, but this is not the end. You have
to go back to the cycle again and ask
yourself :"Okay, I did all of those
things and still my fear became true. So
what else can I do to prevent it from
happening?". And this is the interesting
thing because it makes you think more
and more and more and more, and let's say
you understand, that if you have no
clients, it means that you have to have
some kind of extra money. And this kind
of money is like your safe belt. In
order to have those kind of money, you
have to know how much money do you
actually
need monthly not to think about money at
all. That means, that you have to count
everything that you spend. Like, let's say,
mortgage or your rent, or your food, your
mobile phone, the taxes, and so on and on,
and on, and on, and on, everything. And then
you have this kind of money and you have
to have at least one month worth of
money safely stored somewhere
in order to be able to go through obstacles
easily. Let's say you've decided, that
you've counted how much money do you
need monthly, and then you think:
"Okay, fine, but where do I store it, so
this money does not just lay there
motionless?". So then you think about
having it… This is again, we go back to
our cycle, and we go through our cycle
again. And we think: "Where can I put
this kind of money?" and then you think of
maybe bank deposits with interest,
because you can store your money safely
there and you will have some kind of
extra percent added every month or
every year. And you know that if the
situation will come that you need
those money, you can have them. So next
thing is, we go back to our cycle again,
and we say: "Okay, I have
several sources of income, I have my
extra money stored on a safe bank
deposit, and I'm feeling safe. And I have
like maybe half a year of this safe
money there in order I will be sick" or whatever.
Next thing is, what if you've
done all of it and still your fear
of having no money became true. So what
if you suddenly became sick, and if you
guys know, if you follow me on Instagram,
you probably know, that this summer,
I accidentally fell into the fire and
I had a huge burn on half of my leg.
I still have it it's still healing and it
was a disaster because even though it
was on the side of my leg, it still made
it really painful to sit. And in order
for me to draw I have to sit so it was a
really unpleasant thing. And it made me
think "What would happen, if I were
not able to draw for a longer period of
time?". So in order to be safe
in this situation, you have to think of
maybe some kind of extra insurance that
covers your sick days and hospital and
gladly I did not have any hospital days.
And I do have an extra insurance
besides the normal one. Like, you know,
that you have to have I think in every
European country and States and Canada,
please let me know down below, if
your situation is different. But I had
this one but it did not cover anything,
because I still was you know I was able
to work, maybe not that fruitful as I was
before, but you know I was not injured
severely, so I did not have to go to
hospital. So then what if you are sick
for a longer period of time? Then you
have to think about some kind of a
passive income, that doesn't really
depend on you doing work. Because when
you are a freelancer, it's basically the
same thing when you work for a company.
Because you just don't go to work, you
can sit in your PJs like I'm sitting
right now and you know… I will
show it to you later:D It's pretty and has
hearts on it! You don't have to go
anywhere, but you still have to do your
work. And how much money will you get,
depends entirely on how long did you
perform your drawing or whatever, so this
is basically the same thing. We have
to think of some kind of a passive
income and things that came to my mind
were Gumroad, because you can upload
tutorials there. And it just
does not require your presence, it will
be selling if you will like write about
it on your social media and that's it.
And also now I'm actually thinking…
The thing that really helped me were my published
goods, you know I have three self-published
books. And even though I've made them
in the past two years, I still sell
them a lot. And even though it's not like
a huge amount of money that will pay all
of my bills, and all of my you know, be
enough for all of my needs, it's still
something, that I did in the past and it
brings me money still. So this is a good
idea to make me think in advance of
things that you can have in stock in
your e-shop and then sell. And also I'm
looking into stocks now. I'm not really
very familiar with that,
but I'm starting to learn because you
know this is a completely new territory
for me and my boyfriend is helping a lot.
So yeah I'm thinking about getting into
stocks more and more as time comes,
because this is again another source of
passive income that you might have. And
then again we go through our cycle again
and again and again. And what if still
you made all of those things and it
didn't turn out well. Now I'm thinking
that I have to have some kind of
business that does not really depend on
me, because as I said before, all of these
things like publishing videos and
teaching and doing client work – it all
requires me being there and doing the
job. But now I think that I really want
to transform this whole everydayidraw
thins into something that continues
to work regardless of me working or not.
This is why I am looking for new
teachers for my online courses, because
can only teach that much and for example,
we are opening a new course about
freelance law practices this autumn
I hope, I really pray for that and I have
my fingers crossed. It would be really
amazing course, but from my perspective
I cannot really tell anything, because
again, if we talk about the law, I am a client,
I have my lawyer, and I can only ask
him. So I'm really excited that we'll have
this kind of course, and I want more like
Illustrator and Photoshop and drawing,
stuff like that. So we'll see, maybe this
is the direction I want to go, maybe not,
time will show. And then again, we go back to
our cycle once more and if still it did
not turn out well, we come to this
philosophical question. Like, as I said
before in the beginning of this video,
I am a strong believer, that everything
that happens to you, happens because of
you. "Why do I need this? Why do
I need this situation of not having enough
money?". And then I came to this
realisation I started to think: "Well
I think I have this problem that
I really… I do not feel deserving." Because
as you guys know, I don't have any art
degree and I'm completely self-taught
meaning
that I've never went to university to
study art or anything closely related to
art, I'm artificial intellect engineered
by my degree, but I've never worked in
this field. And every time I meet
somebody who went to any kind of art
school even though it was like you know
for maybe… Not a full education – I feel
less of a person because I'm thinking: "Oh my
god, I'm so dumb. You guys know all of
those basics, and I'm like just – WHAT?!
Completely oblivious." So yeah… And this is
actually the time, when you can work
around this problem. And I know that
now I have to come over there's this
obstacle of thinking less about myself,
because I did not go to art school. And
also second thing is that I feel like
I should always prove that I'm capable
of doing this, I'm capable of
drawing and making money from it,
I'm capable of doing freelance and never
going back to office job. And this
problem, I think that I have this problem,
because when I started, my parents did
not actually believed that it's true. And
I talk more about it in a different
video, like when your parents does not
support your art love and your freelance
love and this is hard. But even though
now they are much more confident about
what I do, I still have this feeling
that nobody believes in me and that
I need to constantly prove it, even
though in my mind I know, that it's not
true, and my family is super supportive and
my boyfriend is super supportive about
what I do and my friends are super
excited about what I do,
and I am telling everybody, that: "Oh my god
I'm an illustrator and I'm an artist, so if
you have anything, I would be happy
to work for you!". But deep inside this
feeling stays and I know that these two
things I will have to overcome myself.
But in the end now, when I think:
"Oh my god, what if I will have no money?!"
I have no fear anymore, because now I have
a list of things that I need to do in
order to ensure that it will never
become true.
And now I know, I see those problems
that I need to fight, like this two inner
problems and maybe I will go to my
therapist or maybe I'll try to talk
about them with my friends and my family.
But it makes it so much more easier,
because fear is actually… It's a blind
feeling, it has no energy, no power in it.
You cannot grow from fear. But confidence
on the other hand, is amazing. And I wish
you guys to deconstruct your fears using
this scheme and to actually grow
stronger because of this. To you know
to gather a list of things that you
can do to succeed and to get
over your fear. If you have any other
questions, please leave your comments
down below, I would be happy to answer
them and make another video. Please like
me on social media – I post a lot of
useful links and articles
and my process, my PSDs and stuff like that.
If you like my project, please support me on
Patreon – we do secret online drawing
talking sessions and
newsletters and you can get my PSDs
layers and a lot more. And this is it for
today guys! Thank you so much for
watching. I wish you a great day and I'll
see you next time. Byyyyye!
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