Season 1 · Episode 13

Day 3 Social Media Sabbatical Do The Work

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0:01Wow, this is simply amazing.
0:03This is day two of my social media sabbatical.
0:10I am fasting for social media for 10 days or more.
0:15There might be more.
0:16I feel like there's gonna be more.
0:19But I got a conference out of town on the 10th day.
0:27So yeah, it may be 10 days.
0:31I might keep it at 10 days, you know,
0:32how we gotta get back.
0:36I might post some fresh pictures out of town.
0:40So yeah, that'll be my new welcome back on
0:43to the platforms of social media.
0:47So I appreciate everyone who's joining me on the podcast
0:52and also joining me on this journey
0:55the 10 day sabbatical journey.
0:58It has been great for me thus far.
1:02I am loving it.
1:04I'll help you get in motivation
1:05and some tips from all these episodes.
1:09Yesterday I spoke on habits.
1:12The first day I talked about detoxing.
1:15Today I would like to talk about doing the work.
1:20Just do the work.
1:23I have to leave out in a wedding in 30 minutes.
1:28So this one is gonna be quick and short,
1:31but just a reminder to do the work.
1:36Yesterday I had a long days of work
1:39and preparing for this wedding,
1:42doing some research on podcasting and old radio shows,
1:50photography, advertising, just the whole gamut.
1:56I am loving it.
1:57I'm loving the time I have.
1:59I did get a chance to read like I mentioned.
2:03I'm not gonna have much time to read today.
2:06So I'm gonna double up tomorrow, day four.
2:12Stay out for that.
2:13Stay tuned for that topic.
2:14That's gonna be something special.
2:17And I'll be a little more well rested.
2:19So I'm gonna be in for a treat.
2:23But this is a reminder to do the work.
2:28I think the goal in life as far as entrepreneurship
2:32and owning a business is to be able
2:35to write your own job description.
2:40Yes, write your own job description.
2:47How does that sound?
2:50Lovely, right?
2:52I mean, who don't wanna get paid
2:55for doing what they love?
2:59You're getting paid to do what you love to do in life.
3:04That is something amazing.
3:05That is something special.
3:08And don't ever take that moment for granted.
3:13Think about those things that you wanna do
3:17that you be like, oh, I'm not making money
3:20from so-and-so.
3:21Are you in this dead-end job and have no way out?
3:27Find out a way that you can monetize what you do.
3:31If you love writing, figure out how you can
3:35turn your writing into publishings and sell it.
3:41If you are a poet, which I was,
3:44you have to perform in the right places,
3:47in the right organizations, the right promoters.
3:50You have the right people book you
3:52because you will get advantage,
3:54took an advantage of.
3:55You'll get paid, you'll get paid, yeah.
3:59But how much you wanna get paid for it
4:03is something to look at.
4:04So you have to be in the right places also.
4:07Market in the right places.
4:09Because a lot of people will undervalue you
4:13in what you offer.
4:16So make sure you are promoting in the right places,
4:19in the right markets.
4:20Know your target audience.
4:22That's where the gold is at.
4:25Like me, I don't step too much
4:27out of the side of creative entrepreneurs.
4:30If you're creative, if you're an entrepreneur,
4:33business owner, creative entrepreneur,
4:37that's my core audience,
4:39especially young creative entrepreneurs
4:42wanting to get into entrepreneurship
4:44or start a creative endeavor.
4:48I live the lifestyle.
4:50Most of my life.
4:52I've been into music since I was a young,
4:55pre-teen actually.
4:58Done it, performed later as a teenager,
5:02into my adulthood,
5:04and hung it up on the shelves about four years ago.
5:08I haven't performed
5:11in over three years, yeah.
5:14My last performance was three years ago.
5:18So I lived my dream.
5:21That was a blessing.
5:23I'm more of a recording artist,
5:26but when I perform, I perform.
5:29So if you had the opportunity to check me out
5:33back in the day, you were in for a treat.
5:39And I hope you loved it and liked it.
5:41And I appreciate the support.
5:44A lot of people ask me,
5:45am I gonna get back to it?
5:48I never know.
5:50I never know.
5:51Cause you never know what life may bring.
5:53Life is mysterious.
5:55We have control.
5:56We should take control,
5:57but it's also mysterious.
6:00But I am building something even bigger.
6:05So I am doing the work.
6:09Excuse.
6:11And I'm encouraging everyone else to do the work.
6:17You have to do the work.
6:18There's no other way around it.
6:21There's no substitute for work.
6:23You have to do the work.
6:25Somebody has to do it.
6:27So let that be you.
6:29Figure out how you can make it easy for yourself.
6:34If you want to be more hands-on,
6:37be in construction, plumbing,
6:41make sure you learn the trade.
6:44Learn your craft or whatever you do.
6:46Study, study, study.
6:48I've been doing photography for over five years now,
6:53and I'm constantly studying.
6:54I was studying yesterday,
6:56looking at old trends
7:00and also the advertising behind it.
7:04Cause I'm a marketer.
7:06I'm always be doing research on,
7:09first off my industry and what works for other industry.
7:12Hence this podcast,
7:14Alienize Photos Industry Talk.
7:19So don't be afraid to get behind that computer,
7:24go to the library and do that research.
7:27You have to do the work.
7:29There's no other way.
7:31If you don't do the work,
7:33it's going to continue to pile up.
7:35You know how it is.
7:37Why let it pile up and make yourself miserable
7:39and depressed and be in a dark, deep, black hole?
7:44Why?
7:45Just constantly do the work you want to improve.
7:50And if you're not where you at in life,
7:53you have to do the work.
7:55Sometimes double the work to get to where you need to be
8:00and want to be.
8:02And that's my message to you.
8:05I'm about to continue to make sure I have everything
8:09for this wedding.
8:10It's going to be a nice day, it's sunny.
8:14I'm at a great venue, got a great couple.
8:17They even prayed with me on the initial cards.
8:23We went over the timeline and details of the wedding.
8:26So it's like, we're a praying family.
8:29Would you like to pray with us?
8:30And I said, yes, why not?
8:33Let's get this prayer in, yes.
8:36And so today is the day and it's a lovely day
8:41and it will continue to be a lovely day.
8:44So as I'm about to wrap up and get ready to do this work,
8:50AKA this wedding, and on top of that,
8:53do more work as I continue to build out the podcast
8:56and continue to write the ebook and build out this course.
9:01It's always worth to do some always doing work
9:04and this 10-day social media sabbatical
9:07has been great for that.
9:09Man, I might do a whole month, y'all.
9:12I honestly may do a whole month.
9:15I may pop on for like one day
9:18and pop right back off another 10 days
9:20and another 10 days.
9:23So I'm doing the work and I'm loving it,
9:25I'm loving my peace, I'm loving my mental clarity,
9:28I'm loving that I'm more focused and more productive.
9:31I am getting a lot done.
9:33So this is my reminder to you, do the work.
9:39Just do the work, as simple and easy as that.
9:44There's no other way around it.
9:46Be able to write your own job description
9:49by right now doing the work.
9:55All right, y'all, this has been another edition
9:57of Alienize Photos Industry Talk.
10:00This is day three of my social media sabbatical
10:05and this is just a reminder to do the work.
10:08And this is photographer Jackson, Steve Jackson
10:11of Alienize Photos Media.
10:15And if you wanna find me for more information
10:17or to book me as your coach or event photographer
10:21or if you need video production as well
10:24as I help you with the marketing of your business,
10:30visit alienizephotos.com.
10:33Again, Alienize with a Z, Photos with a S.com.
10:41I know I'm not active right now,
10:42but you could follow me at Alienize Photos,
10:49Alienize Photos.
10:52And also check out my joint picture
10:54with the creative herself, Brianna Casanova
10:58on a creative frequency.
11:01Follow us at on a creative frequency,
11:07motivating you to continue to be creative,
11:13showing you our journey behind the scenes
11:16as we continue to do the work.
11:19So there's no other way around it
11:21and we've been consistently posting
11:23since we started the page and never missed a day.
11:27Consistency builds trust and credibility.
11:31And yeah, it's a good habit to have.
11:34Continue to do the work.
11:37Again, this is photographer Jackson
11:38of Alienize Photos Media bringing you
11:42Alienize Photos industry talk day three.
11:46Social media sabbatical, the fast and the real
11:50and I am out.
11:52Peace.