PP 203: Ben Jenkins of Warstic on Making Your Side Hustle Your Main Hustle
Sponsor
Brushes, Textures, Fonts, & Courses
Save 20% with PIZZA2O
Resources & References
Connect with Ben Jenkins
Subscribe
Making Your Side Hustle Your Main Hustle
In life, you gotta do a lot of shit you don’t want to do to experience the things you want to.
Things like doing laundry, running errands, and paying the bills actually free you up to enjoy the things you want in life.
The same goes for your creative pursuits. Sometimes you gotta do this shitty grunt work or hard inconvenient work to set you up and or free you up to do the work that lights you up.
That’s what brings me to today’s guest, Ben Jenkins of One Fast Buffalo and Warstic.
Ben’s done a lot of things over his career. But he went from playing professional baseball as his bread and butter to building brand identities in the beverage, hospitality, and outdoors.
He has a pretty wild story, and there are a lot of nuggets tucked away that you can apply to your creative grind.
In today’s’ episode, Ben and I chat about:
How Warstic went from Passion Project to the Major League.
Creating to please yourself.
Knowing and trusting what you’re about.
The power of asking or the answer’s always NO.
Doing grunt work, being patient, work-life alignment, and more.
If you’re ready to stop asking for permission and start planting seeds you wish to reap on your own terms, then you’re going to vibe to this one.
Best Deals on top Design Resources
G.A.R.M. Co. - Use PIZZA20 for 20% OFF premium courses, brushes, textures, and fonts. Shop here.
Engaged Community Guide - A FREE guide for growing an audience around you and your work. Download here.
Happy Money Course - Generate passive income by transforming your artistic passion into a digital product. Enroll here.
The Lettering Pricing Handbook - A handbook and video series helping letterers get paid their worth. Purchase here.
Lauren Hom’s Classes - Use PERSPECTIVE10 for 10% OFF Lauren’s premium classes. Shop here.
Design Cuts - Download your FREE Ever-Expanding design resources bundle pack. Download here.
Note - These are affiliates meaning a small portion of your purchase goes back into supporting the growth of the podcast.
Credits
Music - Blookah
Executive Assistant - Paige Garland
Photo & Video Specialist - Colton Bachar
Social Media Coordinator - Hannah Schick
Animation Specialist - Greg D'Amico