11/09/2026
HEY!!!! Just a friendly reminder, its totally okay to have a day job or a part time job while you pursue your passions.
I used to think i had to make my full time income from film. 🎥 we were taking on every client we could to make social content for, balanacing commercial gigs and narrative films and passion projects.
My husband and I were doing this for five years and it lead to burn out and a lot of anxiety around our finances not knowing how much money we’d make every month. We’d crash out when a client ghosted us or passed on a deal because that was our rent for the month. I felt for years like I could never relax, take a day off, or read a book because that wasn’t making us money.
A year and a half ago we decided to scale back our business and each get part time serving jobs. This was a hit to my ego at first, i was ashamed to tell people our business wasn’t working out and I was back to serving tables. But once I embraced it, tell you the truth, i’m the happiest ive been in a long time. Having consistent income has actually allowed me to breath and work on creative projects freely without the guilt that I should be earning money off it right away. I’m not having panic attacks about money every week, and i’m not pouring all my creative juices into social media projects I don’t really care that much about in the first place.
Instead, we get to still freelance since our schedules are flexible, while knowing our serving jobs will keep a roof over our head. Its allowed me to start preproduction on not one, but two feature films we’ll be shooting in the coming year. And on days when its hard, or a customer is sh*tty, i think about how years from now ill be telling the story of how i was serving tables when I directed my first feature, like so many actors and filmmakers have done before me.
All in all im fully embracing this chapter and feel more creatively fueled and fired up than I did creating content full time. Just know, you aren’t failing if you need a day job while working on your passions in your off hours. Life is hard, its expensive, and that isn’t your fault. Just don’t give up! A day will come when it all pays off, b
