Last week’s podcast episode was all about the importance of acknowledging the hard things in your life as a creative entrepreneur, but if you stop there, you’re only seeing part of the picture. Yes, much in the life of an artist is really difficult, but so much is amazing as well. We get to create for a living! We get to share our artistic ideas with the world! What a gift that is! But if we don’t take time to intentionally acknowledge those good things, we run the risk of not even noticing that they happened. Our brains are primed to pay attention to and remember the bad, not the good. In order to make sure we recognize and appreciate the good things that happen in our creative lives, we need to celebrate them. Today, we’ll talk about why that’s so important and how you can incorporate celebration into your creative process. Celebrations matter.
In this episode, you will learn:

What social psychology research can teach us about how to navigate stressful situations using celebrations.
What the negativity bias is, and how celebrations can help us overcome that bias.
How celebrating can help us identify the strategies that work within our creative businesses.
Why celebrations are vital to developing habits that support you and your artistic work.
What practical steps you can take to make celebration part of your creative process, benefiting you and your business.

 In this episode, I announced the Thriving Narrators Retreat DEI Scholarship. You can learn more about this scholarship on my website, https://www.starvingartistnomore.com/thrivingnarratorsretreat.
I also talked about the Thriving Narrators Retreat itself, which is August 22-25, 2024 in Cincinnati, OH. Again, you can learn more about this exciting growth opportunity for audiobook narrators on my website, https://www.starvingartistnomore.com/thrivingnarratorsretreat.
In this episode, I refer to two past episodes of this podcast:

016: The Six Components of a Thriving Creative Business
050: Acknowledge the Hard Stuff

I also mention several books that I have read and that I feel confident recommending for those who want more information: 

The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
Atomic Habits by James Clear
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

I share a quote from this TED talk given by Shawn Achor in 2011, and I reference this episode of the NPR Life Kit podcast, which is summarized here. 
A full transcript of this episode can be found here. Full transcripts of every episode will always be available at the Starving Artist No More Blog.
Thank you for listening. Please feel free to reach out to me at www.StarvingArtistNoMore.com, with any questions, comments, or feedback. I'd love to hear from you.

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