Should I quit my job to pursue my art business full-time?

No, keep your job until your art business is earning as much income as your job provides. Your job helps finance this dream while it’s growing, which may take a while. If you have a full-time job and can only put a little time into your art business, that’s perfectly fine—it just means it will take longer. At least you’re taking positive steps toward something that might unlock big upside and happiness in your future. You need a financial strategy to sustain yourself during the journey. Quitting your job prematurely removes your ability to invest in growing the business, and you’ll end up constantly pulling money out for living expenses, which chokes the business and prevents growth.

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Asked by an artist considering quitting their day job · Answered by Nick Friend · art-marketing-podcast · 2023-12-20