Creative Success = Financial Balance with Flexible Budget Plans As a creative individual, dealing with irregular income can be daunting. In this episode of From "Creative Passion To Profit", titled "How Creatives Can Budget for Regular Income," I, Mahmood, tackle one of the biggest challenges faced by those in the arts and creative world—budgeting. Have you ever felt the high of being fully booked and having commissions flying off the shelves, only to be met with silence and income droughts the following month? You're not alone. But here's the good news: with a little planning, you can smooth out those financial ups and downs. In this episode, I'll share three simple steps to help you build a budgeting system that fits your lifestyle and supports your creative ambitions. You'll learn how to determine your essential baseline expenses, create a financial buffer for quiet months, and implement a flexible yet simple budgeting method that allows you to thrive creatively and financially. You'll also have some homework tasks... Timestamped Summary: [00:00:00] Introduction to challenges of budgeting with erratic income. [00:00:58] Step 1: Determine your baseline expenses. [00:02:12] Step 2: Build a financial buffer for quieter months. [00:03:46] Step 3: Apply a simple, discipline-based budget system. [00:04:58] Homework: Calculate baseline expenses and track income. Mentioned in this episode: Training Training Training Find out more about Budgetwhizz Find out more about Budgetwhizz Budgetwhizz…
Each week two Big Dumb Monsters have a few drinks and talk about a new monster movie featuring some of their favorite Big Dumb Monsters, then point out the surprising number of horror movie actors who've appeared on Murder, She Wrote. Watch our live streams at https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters Check out our merch shop at http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters
Each week two Big Dumb Monsters have a few drinks and talk about a new monster movie featuring some of their favorite Big Dumb Monsters, then point out the surprising number of horror movie actors who've appeared on Murder, She Wrote. Watch our live streams at https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters Check out our merch shop at http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters
We're getting back to our Kaiju roots this week as Nick and Chris talk 1989's Godzilla vs. Biollante. A mixed bag of incredible monster battles and bad 80's action movie, that finds the King of the Monsters weeding out a flower powered titan. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
Nick and Chris are taking a break from the grisly and grotesque this week for a movie that's lighthearted and fun! We're talking 1991's Ernest Scared Stupid, starring Jim Varney. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
Nick and Chris are heading for the deepest, darkest parts of the jungle this week as they talk the 1995 caution tale of overzealous security, Congo! Starring Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson, and a whole bunch of murder gorillas. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
Nick and Chris are getting absolutely HAMMERED this week as they watch The Mummy! Starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in the Hammer Horror version of the Universal classic. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
This week Nick and Chris question their very existence and come to terms with the fact they watched the ultra-low budget, 2014 horror flick, Pro Wrestlers vs. Zombies. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
It's been a year, folks. At least there were some good horror and monster movies to get us through it all through. Nick and Chris are here to talk their favorite horror movies of 2024! Plus: a mini review of Nosferatu! Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
Nick and Chris watched a true lump of coal this week. Listen on as they discuss 2023's Werewolf Santa; arguably the worst movie we've ever watched on the show. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
We're off on an aquatic adventure this week as Nick and Chris are talking 1999's shark infested, B movie, Deep Blue Sea. Starring Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, and LL Cool J. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
Nick and Chris are taking it to the streets of Eastern Europe as they get possessed by Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance! This 2012 demonic brawler starring Nicolas Cage is directed by the notorious duo of Neveldine/Taylor. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
We're heading to space!! Not really, more like space has already headed to us and is living in quiet comfort on Earth. Nick and Chris are talking 1997's Men in Black. Starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
This week Nick and Chris watch a movie that asks "What if the actor playing Count Orlock in F.W. Murnau's film 'Nosferatu' was actually a vampire?"Find out the answer as we talk 2000's Shadow of the Vampire, starring John Malkovitch and Willem Dafoe. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
At long last Nick and Chris are talking one of the biggest horror films of the 80's, that set the standard for the genre for decades. We're talking 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street. Directed by horror master Wes Craven, starring Heather Langenkamp and Robert Englund as horror icon, Freddy Krueger. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
All the elements for a great werewolf movie are here, but somehow the whole thing just doesn't come together. This week Nick and Chris are taking a look at 2010's The Wolfman. Starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, and Emily Blunt. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
Nick and Chris take a road trip this week to beautiful, historic Frogtown with Rowdy Roddy Piper as their guide! We're talking the 1988 action, B movie, Hell Comes to Frogtown. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
Nick and Chris return to the world of Hammer Horror this week! Today's episode centers on the 1968 blood soaked vampire flick, Dracula Has Risen From the Grave. Starring Christopher Lee and Veronica Carlson. Like and subscribe on your favorite platform through our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bigdumbmonsters Feel like watching instead? Then subscribe to our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bigdumbmonsters ) & Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/bigdumbmonsters) Channels! Head over to our TeePublic store and get your mitts on some Big Dumb Monsters Merch! http://tee.pub/lic/yuWTdwbjEiE…
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