How to Survive the Sad, Uncertain Life of an Artist

HOW DO WE SURVIVE AS ARTISTS TODAY? Not just in 2025, but going forward, too, as the world’s creative industries become ever more perilous places to forge careers thanks to fun things like AI, corporate greed, and fascism. How do you keep on keeping on despite all the uncertainty that comes with an artist's life? How do you become the artist you want to be given such terrible odds?To help, I'm going to give you FIVE ESSENTIAL FINANCIAL AND LIFESTYLE TIPS that I wish someone had provided me with when I decided I would become a professional artist. These tips will take you from your first job to financially, emotionally, and creating enduring the increasingly difficult life of an artist in the 21st century.Links:Read ‘Q&A: Screenwriter Scott Rosenberg Has Some Thoughts About 'Beautiful Girls'’ from 5AM StoryTalk: https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/q-and-a-screenwriter-scott-rosenberg?utm_source=publication-searchRead ‘This Is How You Introduce Characters: Breaking Down the Opening of 'Beautiful Girls'’ from 5AM StoryTalk: https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/this-is-how-you-introduce-charactersRead the 5AM StoryTalk artist-on-artist conversation with screenwriter and The Screenwriting Life co-host Meg LeFauve: https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/q-and-a-inside-outs-meg-lefauve-on?utm_source=publication-searchRead the 5AM StoryTalk artist-on-artist conversation with screenwriter, novelist, and comic book writer Marc Guggenheim: https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/q-and-a-showrunner-marc-guggenheim?utm_source=publication-searchRead an editorial screenwriter Harley Peyton wrote for 5AM StoryTalk about what he learned from his time in the ‘Twin Peaks’ writers’ room: https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/in-the-writers-room-where-it-happened?utm_source=publication-searchSUBSCRIBE TO THE '5AM STORYTALK NEWSLETTER'⁠⁠https://colehaddon.substack.com/⁠⁠You'll gain access to both the 5AM StoryTalk newsletter and all episodes of this podcast – including exclusive bonus episodes in which my guests discuss seminal pieces of art from their lives. Ask questions in the comments section there, too!SUBSCRIBE TO THE '5AM STORYTALK PODCAST' AT APPLE⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5am-storytalk/id1807437928⁠⁠A paid subscription at Apple will get you access to all of my bonus episodes in which my guests return to break down a seminal artwork from their lives.TIP JARNot up for a paid subscription but appreciate the work that’s gone into making this podcast happen? You can “buy me a coffee” ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/colehaddon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SOCIAL MEDIAFollow Cole/5AM StoryTalk at…⁠⁠5AM StoryTalk @ Instagram⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/5amstorytalkpodcast/⁠⁠⁠Cole Haddon @ Instagram⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/colehaddonwashere/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/colehaddon.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/Colehaddonwashere⁠⁠⁠EMAIL⁠[email protected] StoryTalk would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which this podcast is recorded, the Djarra people of the Kulin Nation and pay respects to Elders past and present.This podcast's music is by ⁠⁠Cary Brothers⁠⁠. ⁠⁠https://www.carybrothers.com/⁠⁠