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Heidi Gustad

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Daniel Rolnik

John Wentz

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Scott Smith

Elizabeth Sutton

Drew McLellan

Martin Wittfooth

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Jennie Nash

Tom Ross

Amy Dresner

Cory Huff

Brooke Rothshank

Maria Brophy

Justin Hopkins

OwlTail

We invited Heidi Gustad to come on our show to talk about video production because this is one of those areas that is so underutilized and is often a source of fear for crafty entrepreneurs.

We invited Heidi Gustad to come on our show to talk about video production because this is one of those areas that is so underutilized and is often a source of fear for crafty entrepreneurs.

Episode 40 Heidi Gustad on Video Production

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Heidi Gustad is a knit &amp; crochet designer, Midwesterner, &amp; one-time Librarian who is obsessed with colorful knitting, crochet &amp; yarn crafts. She is also the creator of Hands Occupied, which features dozens of  free knitting &amp; crochet patterns, over 250 step-by-step How-to posts, and 100+ inspiration posts to help you dream up your own DIYs. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/heidigustad  In this episode, Heidi discusses: -How she got into knitting as a child as a way to battle anxiety and insomnia. -How she pushed her knitting to the side because of her talent (and responsibility) with the oboe. -Getting involved with blogging. -Her realization that she could have been monetizing her side hustle for years. -How much easier it is for younger people to learn things. -Why she finally made the decision to quit her job as a librarian and pursue her creativity full-time. -Dealing with the question of Am I defined by what I do for a living? -The importance of finding your own happiness so that you can help others. -Balancing a knitting and crocheting world in which some people have a lot of money to spend while others do not. -How she achieves flow state. -Being able to get to know yourself. Heidi's Final Push will inspire you to just put one foot in front of the other!   Quotes: “I was Knit-Flixing back before that had a name.” “Creativity has always been a way that I’ve handled my anxious behavior and anxiety within myself.” “It’s so funny to me now that this is my full-time job that I just sat there missing all these opportunities to monetize my side hustle.” “I just had this gut knowledge that I needed to come back to creativity as the foundation for my life.” “You can sit there forever and not pull the trigger on doing your creative work, whether its as a side hustle, or part-time, or full-time or sometimes.” Links mentioned: Heidi's Free Patterns Youngman Brown on The Blue Magic Podcast Connect with Heidi: Website / Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest / YouTube / Twitter On the next episode: Cindy Hohman : Website / Facebook

Heidi Gustad is a knit &amp; crochet designer, Midwesterner, &amp; one-time Librarian who is obsessed with colorful knitting, crochet &amp; yarn crafts. She is also the creator of Hands Occupied, which features dozens of <a href="http://www.handsoccupied.com/category/how-to/knitting-crochet/knitting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> free knitting &amp; crochet patterns</a>, over 250 step-by-step <a href="http://www.handsoccupied.com/category/how-to/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How-to posts</a>, and 100+ <a href="http://www.handsoccupied.com/category/inspiration-thursday/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inspiration posts</a> to help you dream up your own DIYs. Full shownotes: <a href="http://yourcreativepush.com/heidigustad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://yourcreativepush.com/heidigustad</a> In this episode, Heidi discusses: -How she got into knitting as a child as a way to battle anxiety and insomnia. -How she pushed her knitting to the side because of her talent (and responsibility) with the oboe. -Getting involved with blogging. -Her realization that she could have been monetizing her side hustle for years. -How much easier it is for younger people to learn things. -Why she finally made the decision to quit her job as a librarian and pursue her creativity full-time. -Dealing with the question of Am I defined by what I do for a living? -The importance of finding your own happiness so that you can help others. -Balancing a knitting and crocheting world in which some people have a lot of money to spend while others do not. -How she achieves flow state. -Being able to get to know yourself. Heidi's Final Push will inspire you to just put one foot in front of the other!   Quotes: “I was Knit-Flixing back before that had a name.” “Creativity has always been a way that I’ve handled my anxious behavior and anxiety within myself.” “It’s so funny to me now that this is my full-time job that I just sat there missing all these opportunities to monetize my side hustle.” “I just had this gut knowledge that I needed to come back to creativity as the foundation for my life.” “You can sit there forever and not pull the trigger on doing your creative work, whether its as a side hustle, or part-time, or full-time or sometimes.” Links mentioned: <a href="http://www.handsoccupied.com/free/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Heidi's Free Patterns</a> <a href="http://yourcreativepush.com/bluemagic" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Youngman Brown on The Blue Magic Podcast</a> Connect with Heidi: <a href="http://www.handsoccupied.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/handsoccupied" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/handsoccupied/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> / <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/handsoccupied/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> / <a href="https://www.youtube.com/handsoccupied" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/handsoccupied" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> On the next episode: Cindy Hohman : <a href="http://artmarketingproject.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/artmarketingproject" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>

282: Put one foot in front of the other! (w/ Heidi Gustad)