Ep 520: Embracing the Side-Hustle with Nicole Bernard of NB Makes

The Maker's Playbook

If you’re side-hustling your ceramics, are you anxiously awaiting the day you can quit the day job? But what if the day job was actually providing you with the chance to learn to be better at your craft? And no, I’m not talking about a job associated with what you make. I mean a day job totally different than what you dream about making, a job in an office, in a “traditional” employment structure, absolutely not at all associated with the art world. What if that job was actually helping inform how you might be able to dream even bigger about what you could do with your own making business? It might sound crazy, but that’s exactly what Nicole Bernard of NB Makes has been able to find through her communications career. Nicole is balancing a long list of worlds she moves between - from a communications career to growing NB Makes to sitting on boards that make major decisions about funding and somehow also finding the time to commit to a running group. Nicole is taking what she learns from one space and applying it to another - from business to art and art to business. And I think this holistic approach just might be the breath of fresh air so many of us multi-passionate people have been looking for.

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Nicole's Instagram - @nb.makes

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1. Nicole Bernard (00:00:00)

2. Introduction and Guest Welcome (00:03:36)

3. Nicole's Journey into Art and Storytelling (00:03:58)

4. The Intersection of Art and Identity (00:15:13)

5. Producing Worry Beads (00:20:54)

6. "Acceptable" jobs for artists (00:25:17)

7. Questions from Podcast Suporters (00:30:16)

8. Starting a Band and Writing Music (00:51:20)

9. The Importance of Capturing Ideas (00:53:39)

10. Balancing Multiple Roles and Managing Time (00:58:08)

11. Work as part of a team (01:16:45)

12. Finding Your Own Pace and Avoiding Comparison (01:30:26)