Is there ever a “right” time to start a creative career? Our goal has always been help people pursuing their passion. Helping those people often means helping them think through important decisions such as when to start, when to take the leap. Below, you’ll find our conversations with successful creatives reflecting back on when they had to decide whether to start or wait.

Rachel Catherine

I wish I hadn’t waited so long to figure out what it was I wanted to do. I’ve always been very in decisive and have always had trouble sticking to one thing because I get bored easily and want to move onto something else. Read more>>

Khutso Gololo

Looking back is not a regret but a lesson that somethings are better done quickly than later, so we begun our music career in 2019, as a result we go by the name of K.G.initials & Forenzik, we both work a 9-5 while we hone our craft of making music. Read more>>

Nikelola Balogun

For the most part, I try not to “should ” myself with the infamous “shoulda”, “coulda”, “woulda” mentality because really, what good does it do? Read more>>

Thomas Pallier

It is never too early. Preparation and timing is everything in this industry. My journey from Germany to Hollywood has been a winding road of discovery and growth, deeply rooted in a childhood passion sparked by my father’s weekend trips to the movies. Read more>>

Nionda Draper

If only I had begun my career as an artist earlier in life, I believe my approach and artistic journey would have taken a different course. Read more>>

Alli McAfee

When I started painting again a little over two years ago, I was not intending to pursue a career as an artist. I was happily teaching at the time and made a few pieces for my school’s spring art show. Read more>>

Cecilio Martinez

If I could go back in time, I believe I would still start my creative career at the same time that I did. I’m currently 51 and have been seriously pursuing filmmaking and photography for the past ten years. Read more>>

Marcus Neudigate

I very much wish I would’ve picked up a camera sooner. My creative career is a long and winding road of seemingly niche fields. Read more>>

Noah Layne

I grew up never thinking about the arts or creative endeavors. My dad was an Accountant and my mom worked in Business. It never seemed like an important choice in life to follow. Read more>>

Miles Lawson

I have had the desire to be an actor since I was 7 years old. I wish I started earlier in my childhood I do sometimes think If I started as a child actor by now I would be way ahead in the industry by now Read more>>

Michaelene Sandberg

I’ve been designing wedding invitations for 13 years now, so I discovered my passion pretty early on. Always drawn to a creative career, I’m glad I started when I did and how it all began. Read more>>

April Tate

I started my creative journey when I was around 20 yrs old. At that time, I was still figuring out if I wanted to go to college and my identity. Read more>>

Daisy Dance

I don’t regret not starting my career earlier, but I do wish I had taken my craft more seriously from the beginning. I was discovered at 14, singing at a family BBQ, which led to recording an album. Read more>>

Starre James

If I could go back in time, I would not start my modeling career sooner. With the lack of stability in this industry, a back up plan is always needed. Read more>>

Sam(antha) Lynagh

On the last day of 2019, a friend and I traded our yearly goals written on bar napkins. With blind faith in the year 2020, we swore to hold each other to those cocktail contracts. Read more>>

Emelia Castro

I don’t think I would’ve done anything differently as far as the time line of my creative career goes. When I first began, I was 19 years old, modeling in Denver, with no ideas of a clothing company. Read more>>