This past weekend I had a get together with female friends who are pursuing their own creative line of work, either working for themselves or for others. I’ve found over the past two years of exploring my path as a designer and letterpress printer, I’ve often needed constructive feedback, business advice from someone who’s been there, or just need that support to keep pursuing my goals (and dreams). For me personally (this is not obviously not the case for everyone), I’ve found resources such as S.C.O.R.E. or my local chamber of commerce to be very lacking for my line of work. Most of my experiences with these organizations were all with men that could’ve been my grandfather, and none could really give me the type of support that I was looking for. I’ve found that networking with other entrepreneurial women to be the most rewarding. I realized I already had a network of women from different careers and backgrounds who were going through similar experiences as I was, and it could be not only helpful, but incredibly motivating and inspiring to meet and discuss our visions for our careers. This past weekend for our first meeting, we each discussed our short and long term goals as well as any current projects that we were working on. We’re going to try to meet monthly, and I’m excited about a group of creative women coming together to help support each other as each of our careers blossoms and grows.
What do you do to stay creative, inspired, and motivated? Do you belong to any groups or organizations?