By far the most common conversation we have with the folks we interview is about work-life balance. Starting a business or pursuing a creative career makes finding work life balance really tough because there is no clear start and end to one’s work day. We’ve shared some of our conversations on the topic below.

Rachel Silva | Artist

Balance is such an on-going practice that can never be perfected for too long. I think in late-capitalist USA there is a notion that rest and productivity are two opposing forces, and this couldn’t be further from the truth. Read more>>

Marta Miller | Co Founder of Lefty Production Co. and Owner of Stitch Texas

I think my feelings towards having a work life balanced has definitely changed over time. Once I reframed my mind about how I felt when work penetrated my weekend or evening I found that I became much happier and more successful. Read more>>

Tara Jenkins | Cinematographer & Writer

I don’t think balance is possible in the freelance filmmaking world in the traditional sense. I think of balance more as something to strive for over time. In the short term, I feel like I’m often at one end or the other of the teeter-totter– all work or all free time. Read more>>

Nick Cavalier | Director/Filmmaker

I think it’s really important to recharge and disconnect. These days your phone is beeping with a notification or text message every minute. I think it’s important to make time to be in your own thoughts, experience life as it’s happening. One hand washes the other. Read more>>

Katie Nguyen | Content Creator & working in tech

As a previous recruiter, I often met with candidates who told me that work life balance was what they desired in a role and while I think employers say they honor that, I think many people are still trying to figure out what exactly it means. For me, it took leaving an entire city and transitioning my life to plant these boundaries. Read more>>

Chelsea Ward | Artist and Stationery Business Owner

As a maker who has always had her business at home, finding a work life balance has always be challenging… if not outright impossible. Read more>>

Raundi Moore Kondo | Writing Coach, writer, artist, singer song writer, and roller skater

Follow your passions, they say! Create a career doing what you love, they tell you! This isn’t the worst advice, ever, but when your most-beloved creative passion becomes your source of income, it can zap your creative drive, leave you without solace, and it’s a challenge to find one’s way back to that pure artist–creating for pleasure and comfort. Read more>>

Natalie Baxter | artist

In the past, I haven’t had much of an issue with work life balance. I’m not someone who makes quality work by pulling all nighters in the studio and I rarely worked right up to a deadline. However, since having my first child 3 years ago, I have had to figure out the dance of being an artist and a mother. Read more>>