Q&A: When to Monetize, When to Quit, Reaching Long-Term Goals, and More!

The Future Belongs to Creators

In today's Q&A episode, Charli and Miguel talk with ConvertKit product specialist, Ben Schoeffler, about thoughts and experiences turning hobbies into side hustles. They also answer questions about when to push through burn-out and when to quit, creating with a goal in mind, and why it’s OK to produce work without knowing where it’s going.

“I noticed over the past few months when I’ve been doing things for my own mental health, I’ve thought, ‘oh, I should share this on my podcast’ or ‘I had this interesting experience I want to share this with people’ and then going, ‘wait, no this is just for me, no one else has to know this, I can just do this for me.’ It’s been interesting to realize how I’ve programmed my brain for content production.” ~ @BenSchoeffler

Today’s Questions

• [04:26] How do you decide when and how to monetize a side hustle?
• [07:54] How do you push through creative burnout?
• [14:34] How do you know when to push through that creative burnout or leave your side hustle by the wayside?
• [20:04] How important are long-term goals and how often do you think about them?

Connect with our hosts

• Charli Prangley
• Miguel Pou
• Ben Schoeffler

Links

• Watch The Future Belongs to Creators on YouTube
• Charli on YouTube
• Charli on Twitch
• Shut Up, Brain Podcast
• Thinking In Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All The Facts by Annie Duke
• Ugmonk Cards
• Metaphysical Milkshake with Rainn & Reza
• Metaphysical Milkshake with Rainn & Reza: Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble: Are the Kids Alright?
• StrengthsFinder
• Inside Marketing Design
• Marketing Design Dispatch
• Charli’s Font
• MailChimp
• Slack
• SalesForce
• Etsy
  
  

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