At some point, no matter how old you are and where you’ve been in this life, change is needed. For as long as I’ve been a musician I’ve been basically working for other people. That’s fine but if you’re annoyingly independent like me, haha, it doesn’t always work very well because you have your own style that you’ve developed over the years and has worked well for you.

I’m a professional musician and certified makeup artist. Personal achievement careers as I call them. But what happens when they take a “hit” like they both did when I had my latest surgery? Even though I’m still a very capable musician and makeup artist I’m tired, very tired, of the ups and downs and various “hits” these jobs, especially the musician job, has taken over the years. We’re all in need of financial security when we get older into senior-hood. The ups and downs of these careers make it very difficult to engineer a comfortable retirement should I want to quit altogether…which I don’t. Musicians go on forever until the end. Ha!

But I just signed onto a new venture in my life, marketing for other businesses. I sure wish we as musicians were taught the in-depth technique for advertising and obtaining clients as I’m learning right now. It’s a game-changer. Thinking outside the box in order to maintain a reasonably comfortable extra income as one gets older is mandatory to survive. I’m still a very useful person and very capable of making a major change to help myself survive. But then I’m always surviving and fixing things. If finding enough music work to help sustain my older years is going to be a supreme challenge in this day and age then I’ll think outside the box and try something else…something I can actually do online and even from a hospital bed if I had to. Hahahahaha!

My new venture is also a way of helping others in their businesses. What I’m learning now is vital to all professions and businesses. How do you market yourself, and your wonderful skills and services? People are really out there looking for what you have to offer. If I can help others’ businesses survive and thrive, I’m all for it. Glad to help.

I always say one can’t be a one-trick-pony in this life but I’m usually talking about being a musician. It applies to life in general. One does have to be creative to survive. I have to say, I’m always thinking up my own schemes to get what I need and basically survive…hopefully thrive a bit more now.

How about you? Don’t be afraid to think outside the box. And don’t think your talents are limited. Examine your mind and what other things you like to do in life and are good at. It might just be the key to adding another dimension to you and perhaps another source of income to help you get ahead in this crappy economic time. Take care of you. Be creative. You can do it!

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