Archive for August, 2010

Buh Buh Buh Boot Camp

The AB Boot Camp: More fun than Jenga, and less rambunctious until Bryan goes on a rant.

Surreal analogy: The AB Boot Camp is to Jenga as ___ is to Dali.

Yep, you heard it here.  The Artist’s Prosperity Boot Camp Intensive is back! I’m teaching beginning for six weeks October.  More details here.

Monday evenings via teleseminar.  You can join from anywhere in the damn world, people, so no excuses!  Just come and learn about art, money, and how to put them both together without falling over. Like Jenga.

Oh, come on, it’s more fun than Jenga!  Actually, that’s debatable.  I’ve seen some Jenga matches that put an Albee play to shame.  But the Boot Camp is less rambunctious.  Certainly less rambunctious than Jenga.  Well, until I go on an esoteric yet artful rant, then Jenga probably wins out again.

Anyway, whatever people.  Reserve your spot now. I’m already getting fired up!  And free Jengas for the first 18 participants! (*)

Have an inspired day and be awesome (like you know you should be).
Bryan

p.s. No student will receive any Hasbro game of any kind.  Including the aforementioned Jenga.  But there will be door prizes.  (No, there will be no door prizes.)

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Posted by Bryan | August 27th, 2010

Words of Wisdom

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that we’ll soon be posting some of our previously archived newsletters.  So look out for those, in addition to the other fun tidbits you’re finding here.  More witticism to come.

Keep on creating.  Keep on inspiring one another.
B.

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Posted by Bryan | August 27th, 2010

How Do You Survive the Paycheck Roller Coaster?

You know, you go to Six Flags, you're going to lose some dough.

We warned you... Go to Six Flags and you're bound to lose some dough.

Some of us like a good roller coaster ride. That feeling in your stomach as you look down the big hill. The realization that you’re voluntarily about to do something really, really stupid. It gives you a rush unlike many others.

However, I don’t think anyone wants that exciting, seat-of-your-pants rush with your paycheck.

Sadly, roller coaster income seems to come with the territory for many of us. How do you control your income stream when it’s difficult to predict what money is going to come in next week? How do you maintain a budget when you aren’t sure what the next pay day will bring?

Much like quality acting demands discipline and preparation to create a performance that appears spontaneous, maintaining your sanity with gyrating income requires you to perform a few steps so that your money can work on autopilot. With your money system in place, you’ll be better able to ride the ups and downs of pay days without having that pit in your stomach that the rent is due and you’re not sure where the money is going to come from.

Here are the basics…

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Posted by Miata | August 26th, 2010

Working Your Money Plan

Just add water. Ahhhhh, college.

Abundance Bound: Removing Ramen from the menu, one hungry grad student at a time.

Whether you’ve worked through the money plan we discussed two weeks ago, or you’ve jumped into this blog for the first time and are curious, let’s work through how to live a daily money plan. I have to admit, creating the plan was the most difficult part. Once you’ve written out your income and expenses and searched for opportunities to save money and raise income, it’s now time to live the plan.  How do you live daily on a money plan?

Here’s what you’re not going to do: you aren’t going to write down every single expense for three months. I can’t find a semi-normal human being who can endure that gauntlet. Don’t get me wrong….I know people who can live this way, but you and I wouldn’t have them as friends. You also aren’t going to learn to live on fourteen cents and eat only Ramen noodles (unless you like Ramen noodles, in which case you can eat as much as you’d like because they’re incredibly economical).

My goal isn’t to help you find your noodle diet, and it isn’t to make sure the bills are paid.

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Posted by Miata | August 10th, 2010