Why Every Artist Needs Accountability

In today’s episode, we are talking about accountability and why we need it! It’s on our minds as the Thrive Together Network community is kicking off our Virtual Art Residency this week. Accountability allows us to reach our goals together!  It can be hard to carry the weight of setting and meeting goals in the studio all on your own, and that is why community accountability is so powerful! In Episode #22 of Thriving Artists, Podcast, Why Every Artist Needs Accountability, we discuss why it is so valuable to share our burdens of responsibility. Jamie and Kaylan’s 4 Reasons Why Every Artist Needs Accountability: It requires us to be clear with ourselves: To get accountability we need to get clear on what we care about and what we want. The act of telling someone else what we want for our lives and art careers means we have to do some thinking and process through our goals. Easier said than done: Accountability with another human being or a community of humans allows us to not just talk the talk but walk the walk. We have said the thing aloud to someone else and they will know if we don’t do it. This pushes us to do hard things we would otherwise neglect! Creates goal posts: There is so much we have to juggle as artists and many things easily go unnoticed. Sometimes these things are hard to measure and hard to remember to celebrate but when we have accountability with fellow artists all those things are understood and celebrated! Lets you share your wins: Having fellow artists who actually get what you are working so hard on is so important. Having an art community that you are accountable to allows for meaningful recognition of your work! By joining a community like TTN or connecting you can start to meet fellow artists and find one or a group that you click with. We hope you will consider joining us in time for our Virtual Artist Residency in order to get the full benefit of the accountability provided by our community!  Head to thrivetogethernetwork.com to join us!