Not an artist, but I just got to say that it delights me to see a woman who is a little bit farther along the path of life than me pursuing her dreams. Helps me keep believing in myself and my future future. Really appreciate that you're putting this out there. It's always good to know that they're still good things to come down the road. ❤

@michellejozina

9 күн бұрын

So glad you found this helpful. Definitely enjoy your 30’s and 40’s they are great but honestly I think your 50’s are going to be some of the best years! Enjoy the ride! ❤️😎

I truly appreciate the brave women who're coming forth to teach and show us what to do and to give us some real life experiences. I'm 49, and am also a creative. Lets do it together.

@michellejozina

7 күн бұрын

My goal is to inspire many more women to embrace their creativity again and go for their dreams! We can all support each other. Thanks for being here! ❤️

@AnastasiaDean

Күн бұрын

I’m definitely grateful to have stumbled across your channel. I think we are on a parallel course. Thank you for sharing this ❤😊

Hi!!!! OMG - You could be telling my story. In 2018 I was in my 50’s, newly divorced after 23 years of marriage, had a job that paid more than I had ever even thought possible, and bought my dream home. By 2023 I was completely burned out and felt like I’d spent my entire life as a robot. I quit my job, sold my condo, and took a gap year. (Yes, everyone thought I was crazy) Recently, I started creating digital art for junk journals and am in the process of starting my youtube channel. I’ve no idea where this is headed but I’m never going back to corporate America. After watching your video and reading the comments, it appears we are all part of a movement to shed the old rules and truly live our lives as we feel they were meant to be. Big Hugs XO

@michellejozina

6 күн бұрын

Wow, we have had a similar story! I love it! ❤️ so excited for your new adventure as well. I am so ready to get this movement going! Thanks for your support! 🥰

@427skies

4 күн бұрын

I'm not in my 50s (I'm in my 30s) and you guys in your 50s are great! I like listening to your stories because they are inspiring because if someone who is older than me can do it, I can do it too. Thank you for yall's stories. ❤

@tharp769

2 күн бұрын

Same! There are many of us out here finally finding our way... & OUR joy.💗💗💗

@soulfeastletters

2 күн бұрын

Oh boy I am in my mid 50s and burned out - I should be grateful for my well paying job but I just want to quit and do a gap year and walk a Camino. Thanks for sharing!

@soulfeastletters

2 күн бұрын

Hey @MyMagpie --- just subscribed to your channel--- looking forward to you posting about your journey. I am sure there are more of us out there that dream of quitting job and house to have a gap year. I have been searching youtube for other women like me.

I've been full-time for 7 years now..still watch these videos for the motivation...I'm 48.

It's so refreshing to see someone closer to my age and experience talking about this for a change! Very inspiring, thank you!

@michellejozina

6 күн бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

I love finding other women over 50 finding their creative selves again! I discovered community theatre in my 40s and had a great time doing plays and musicals with my kids. Through that, I got back into dance, sewing (costumes), and singing. Now I have a channel exploring creativity through makeup. Your new direction sounds so exciting!

@michellejozina

7 күн бұрын

That sounds like so much fun! I loved working in costume! So glad you are here! ❤️

I’m so happy KZread recommended you to me! I don’t want to shade anybody, but I was getting really tired of getting advice from artists who are younger than my driver’s license. It’s just not terribly relatable for someone in my position.

@michellejozina

7 күн бұрын

So glad you are here! I figured there weren’t a ton of women my age doing this so why not start and maybe inspire others to do the same. Someone told me once to create what you want to see in the world so I guess I’m trying. Lol. ☺️

@MyMagpie

6 күн бұрын

😂

@ENAIRAMA1

4 күн бұрын

Yes, right?! And it was over another video with the title You should make KZread videos if you are in your 50s (or so) I am watching that one after this one.

@chrystelelacroix4681

Күн бұрын

Yes , I feel the same way.

I am SO glad I stumbled onto your page! I'm the same. 58. Always wanted to just make art and wake up happy to work, but still earn enough to live. I grew up with "don't do art, you'll live in a box in the park". My parents weren't mean about it, but refused to let me take art in college and encouraged a "real job". I still get told by most people around me that art is playing and worthless. I want to live off creating but have been so demoralized. It's wonderful to see someone near my age doing this. Thank you! (I'm currently doing the sidehustles)

@michellejozina

8 күн бұрын

Time for us all to ditch the “old stories” we were told and do what feels good in our soul. It’s ok to start small and just take it one step at a time. As long as you keep that spark going and enjoy what you do! Keep going! ❤️

@sharonalicea7998

7 күн бұрын

@@michellejozina I think you, @anadreamsart and I are sisters! I’m 54 and I haven’t painted in years. My media is colored pencil portraits and like you, started at a very young age and sold horse portraits to horse owners throughout the states and Canada. Then puff! I just stopped (life got in the way). I didn’t go to art school as “I was going to starve” and held corporate jobs that were sucking the life out of me. Now, I’m out of a job (not by choice) and art is boiling my soul, I need to paint! I wanted to join Milan, Evolve or NMA to get into to art classes. I know myself and with my ADHD I need structure.

@michellejozina

6 күн бұрын

I can so relate! I think this is your blessing in disguise to be out of a job. Can you take a part time job and just start painting? Learn and grow as you go. Take a course if one resonates with you depending on the style you prefer. You can make it work! Cheering you on! ❤️🤗

@CamilaPradaTV

6 күн бұрын

@@annadreamsart9756 I never understood how people don’t get that almost every single object they interact with daily, from clothing to technology to furniture, has been designed by someone (who probably started out at art college). They’re lots of ways to have a creative career and make money. It’s like they’re literally imagining Van Gogh (bless his soul).

@vidaus-ir-lauko-durys

5 күн бұрын

If your goal is to live off creativity, then nothing will work. Art doesn't like any financial goals.

Thank you! I am 66 and I am going to be seeling my artwork as prints, making scented candles, I will be decorating the jars and making glass beads and making glass beads and embellishments.

@michellejozina

7 күн бұрын

I love that! It sounds like fun and you are keeping yourself very busy! Good luck! 🤗

I work as a full time artist (age 53 here) and love this video so much! With art licensing you have to be ready to be in it for the long haul. (Like you mentioned in your video on starting a KZread channel). It is a LOT of time and work for little return -at least in the beginning. But as you gain traction and have consistent artwork under contract, it can be a thrilling journey! Here to watch you as you grow this new adventure! ❤

@michellejozina

5 күн бұрын

I’m excited to add in art licensing and I know it’s a long game (a very long game!) I expect it to take 6-12 months just to get my portfolio ready. Lol. But I see it as one of those things I can do for the next 20 years. Exciting that you are doing that! Thanks for your take on it! ❤️🙏🏻

I’m 59 and retired. I went back to school for art. I enjoy it. I’m figuring out what I want to do with my art. I’m glad I came across your channel.

@michellejozina

6 күн бұрын

Yay! That is exciting! I’m glad you’re here! 😊

@mariac4602

6 күн бұрын

how lucky are you to retire at 59! Here in the U.S., between massively high inflation and school taxes-utterly insane what school districts are permitted to charge the entire township to benefit approximately 10% of the population (where IS all that money going? and how about a cutoff for paying school taxes after 65?) - I will be working until 70. Even with a decent paying job and house paid off.

New sub! 🎉🎉I’m trying to fund my tribe of Gen X creatives. I’m 47 and took my love and skills of sewing back ❤❤❤

@michellejozina

7 күн бұрын

Yayyy! We are gathering the tribe! 🙌🏻❤️

I'm 68 and caring for a mate. I'm very isolated and draw solace from my art. It is a passion. I have sold some pieces, but need to bring in more income. I can't work outside the home, so I want to learn all the income streams. My best wishes to you and all the commenters here. ❤

I’m 40 and I am doing the exact same thing, after being a hair and makeup artist and I can no longer do it anymore due to an injury and now I’m trying to become a full time artist finding my style drawing and creating everyday , cannot wait to follow along your journey

Hi Michelle, I didn’t find the first part of this video boring in the least - I really enjoyed hearing your back story. You’re very talented and also express yourself very well. You seem a natural teacher. I think the event illustration idea seems a really good fit for you and sounds like it could not only be a lot of fun and lucrative, but also could open a lot of other doors. And it is stressful to be “on”, but the good news is that people are at a wedding and will be in a good mood. I look forward to hearing more about your journey and wish you bon voyage!

@michellejozina

10 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for your comment! I real appreciate the encouragement and support. 😊 I am looking forward to trying out the live illustration because you are right, everyone is having a good time. Should be interesting. Stay tuned! lol

I enjoyed your video. I'm 67 and considering starting a channel too. I'm a pencil artist. Thank you for sharing your journey!

@michellejozina

8 күн бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Just start filming. It doesn’t even have to be good. Most likely it won’t be, lol. But if you just start it will get easier and you figure it out as you go. Have fun and good luck! ❤️

@TjVoelkerArt

8 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!

Wow...I could have written this myself, you are so relatable!! Burn out single mum having worked in Soecial Needs Education for years, sold my house & bought a van to live in, travel, recover & develop develop my art practice into something I can create an income from ❤ thanks so much for sharing your journey, it gives me hope!! And good luck with all you do 🎉😊

@michellejozina

5 сағат бұрын

Oh, wow! Van life has tempted me as well but not as easy to do full time in Canada. Maybe one day! Good luck to you! ❤️😊

Sending good vibes! I am 54 and in the same boat! I feel like you're telling my story. ❤

@michellejozina

8 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! I have a feeling there are a few of us! Lol ❤️

I’m 56 (57 in November) and I just returned to my art in March. It came through therapy. I had an overwhelming need to freely express myself through painting. Like you, I’ve always been a creative, but I would never stick to painting until now. I gave myself a challenge in April to paint every day. It doesn’t matter how long I spend, just so long as I do something each day. It has made all the difference in the world for me. I also began with fashion illustration, but my niche is abstract portraiture of women and animals. I appreciate you making this video. It’s nice to find someone on the same path. There’s something beautiful about self discovery at our age. Thank you! (I also subbed. 🥰)

@michellejozina

7 күн бұрын

I think humans are meant to create and when we don’t we get stressed and sick. I’m so glad to hear you are back on your creative path and loving art again! I will be cheering you on as well! ❤️

@Boho-ishMe

7 күн бұрын

@@michellejozina thank you! 💕

I was a creative artistic child as well and I lost a lot of that instinctive creativity when life got busy and discouragement from family. Now I’m trying to get that back.

I am 1 year back into creating after 20 years of self sabotage...I am almost 43 years old/young. I wish you all best on your journey!

@michellejozina

7 күн бұрын

You are definitely still young! Lol. Isn’t it funny how we can easily talk ourselves out of the things we really want? I’m glad you are back to creating, enjoy! ❤️

I’m just amazed listening to your story is a lot like mine. You and I have a lot in common! I have a BFA in interior design and fine arts. I worked in that field for awhile, but veered off into a totally different career path. Then had a baby. Now I’m 53 and I want to be an artist everyday AND make money at it!!

O my, you have so inspired me. I’m in my late 50’s and love art. (Painting, visual art). I started concentrating on this more in the last year, and still working full time too. What I don’t know and would like to know is how to market my work online!!!! This is the real hard part that I’m struggling with. So if you can do a video on how to. In a practical context please ❤❤❤

I’m in the same boat! I’m 54 and built a successful consulting firm over the last ten years but I’m terribly unhappy. I returned to school a few years ago to obtain a degree in illustration. Now, I’m desperate to pivot to a creative career. You are an inspiration!

So happy for you, I can FEEL your excitement talking about fashion design and incorporating it with illustration. I'm looking forward to following your journey!

55 and can relate to a lot of this video. Thank you for being brave and showing others what options are out there.

South Western Ontario here. I'm almost in tears, your message in this video is just what I needed. I'm just finding my path again after needing to step away from my art for 15 years. You are giving me hope.

Watching this video, hearing your story, reading all of the comments - I had no idea there were so many of us! Clearly we are all getting the memo at the same time, lol. Back to self! Our 'crone' years are going to be bursting with creativity. Subscribed! I am here for all of it💯👍

@michellejozina

6 күн бұрын

I am so excited about this! We are gathering the creative crone army! 🤗🙌🏻❤️

I have just came to the same conclusion. I am trying to decide on my niche. Thank you for leading the way!

I'm also getting back into art after 19 years and have started a KZread channel. Your journey inspires me to stay motivated and not give up on mine. Wishing both you and me great success!

I turned 70 last month and I want to have an art business selling my drawings. I like drawing musicians, especially Jazz musicians. I'm a musician. I play piano/Keyboard. I presently play at the church I attend. It's a Band like situation: with guitar, bass, drums and vocals. One of my favorite music to play is Jazz. I have a son, who turned 48 and lives in another State. I can be a intimidating trying to find my target audience. Thanks Michelle, your video is very helpful. From Kingsville, Ohio ( 60 miles northeast of Cleveland)🎨❤😊

@michellejozina

2 күн бұрын

It’s great when you can tie in two of your passions together! Be yourself and your target audience will find you! ❤️🤩

Thank you. You randomly popped up on my feed. I am 52, divorced and working 4 days but currently developing my own art business. I like that you have found some unique streams of income around your skills. I am in Australia and it has got me thinking out of the box to harness my own talents in different ways

Clarity and positive attitude will surely bring great outcomes. Congratulations

I'm 54 and your goals, history, and art style sound so similar to mine. My one and only child just graduated high school so last year I decided to set the foundation for an art business and find my style. I'm realized to find my style, like you said, you just have to put in the time to do a LOT of art, no other way around it. So that's where I am, but I can tell I'm almost there as I'm seeing some similarities in the majority of my work. Cool how that happens naturally. Shout out to all the Gen X artists out there! We were the 80's teenagers that are still rad and we've got some art in us that the world needs to see!

It was great to hear your story. So many things are similar to my artist life… I worked as a commercial artist in the late 1980’s (a job I loved) and my company moved out of the area- I ended up at several different jobs that were good jobs but were not really where I should be working. I still freelanced and took commission work but as the children came (I have 3) they took precedence over my artwork. Now I am in my 50’s, the kids are grown, and I am trying to work into a full time art career again. I am so glad that you came up in my KZread, I subscribed to your channel and look forward to seeing your work. I’m going to watch your previous videos as I work in my studio today.

It was like you were telling my story just a bit different focus. I was obsessed with horses and animals and drew them constantly growing up and took every art class every year. I joined the navy after I went to college and dropped out because I didn’t know what I wanted to do…but did know I wanted out of Oklahoma. Ended up being a corpsman or nurse for three years…got out went to the art institute of Dallas and became a broadcast designer and animator. Did that for ten years had my son by myself and as a single mom, had to quit because of the hours when he got old enough for school. Would have never seen him which would have ruined him emotionally. I took art welding, I’ve done project management, web design and now at 55 the VA is paying for voc rehab and I’m doing photography…but I started painting in acrylics and oil after watching the videos by Milan Art Institute and am painting and loving it…I always tell people I’m 55 and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up and I’m really okay with that…

I am in my 50's as well, grew up in a family of artists and although I grew up with a creative impulse since a child life took a turn and I fell out of the arts for many years, odd jobs ups and downs in life and just like you I also studied fashion design, I now have a similar state of mind like yours on wanting to get back to my art and I started to search on ways on how to began my own journey also. I am thankful your video came up as is giving me hope and inspiration. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you! 🙏 There are so many artists that want to move forward and your journey really inspires.

Hey I’m 57 from India and i cant believe how two people and their lives are so similar…its sheer vibrations that i came across your video…I too have just embarked on making a career in art…resuming after 35 yrs …thanks for sharing your valuable ideas

@michellejozina

7 күн бұрын

I love this! ❤️ when I started this channel I thought I will just be myself and put my videos out and the people who need to see them will find me. I’m glad you are here 😊

I started art again 2 years ago. Now I‘m 60 and it gives me peace, ease and it simply makes me happy. I also want to sell it via prints etc.🥰🦄❤️

OMG! We have so much in common! All your artistic pursuits I have done myself. Not necessarily the jobs but your ideas. I am 51 as well and trying to make a career in art. I have challenges with fibromyalgia and I very part time at Michael’s (haha, perfect right?!). I had an instinct to watch your channel when it popped up today and I’m so glad I tuned in. Thank you for being there and being a true inspiration. ❤

Enjoyed listening to your journey. Love the authentic format. Wish you an amazing art journey with lots of success.

Brilliant, thanks so much Michelle, and good luck with all of it. I am basically in the same place, I have been 'practicing' again after a 6 year unintentional hiatus, and I too want to earn an income from my art. Kids grown, partner retired, I am hoping to travel and paint and find a couple of sources of income. You have given me plenty of inspiration. Love your wedding idea, not for me but I can see how people who are getting married will love it. Cheers from Australia!

Michelle, I'm 55, and was a late Bloomer with my art too. I have published 5 children's books but I'm hitting a wall with it but it's nice to know I'm not alone at my age on the creative path. I.worked corporate for years and Hated it. It sucked the soul out of my life so I took a leap of faith and pursued my art dream. So we are definitely on similar paths! I wish you luck on your journey

@michellejozina

Күн бұрын

That’s amazing! Good for you! That’s very encouraging to all of us I’m sure! ❤️

I love how you inspire us to embrace our creativity no matter which path we are in life. As an aspiring creative this means sooo much to me. Thank you! ❤❤❤

@michellejozina

6 күн бұрын

Awww, thank you! ❤️❤️

Ahhhh, a kindred-spirit!! This is so timely! Thank you so much for your transparency.

I will be turning 53 this year, and after spending 25 years in the hair and make up industry, I have returned to art… Like you, I felt that a regular job with a steady income was the right thing to do as long as I was still being creative and loved what I did. And I did :-) I was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition that causes blindness, and I knew that would be something I had to contend with once I couldn’t work in a salon anymore. And I certainly didn’t think I could do art. But it turns out that is the direction life has led me in and here I am on KZread watching videos like yours and spending a lot of time in the new and exciting world of art supplies have become in the last 30 years since, I was a kid! Definitely not the same supplies I had access to back then! It’s been about five years since I decided to take this thing seriously and even though I haven’t made any real money with my actual artwork, I have little side hustles where I make jewelry and sell at local stores And try to do the best I can on my fixed income with a disability. Art is still the thing that excites me every day, and I truly hope something can become of it eventually. Resonated very much with your perspective and phase in life :-)

@TrudyKarl

4 күн бұрын

❤

@michellejozina

4 күн бұрын

Wishing you all the healing and creative vibes on your journey! ❤️❤️

I'm so glad to see your video. For the many years that I was a caregiver, and bread winner, my art sat in the last seat of a very long bus. Now, I'm retired, widowed and ready to start living for me. My plan for the future most definitely includes art again.

@michellejozina

6 күн бұрын

Thank you! I’m so glad art is back in your life and you will be able to enjoy it again! ❤️

You sound exactly like me. In 2018 about to turn 50 I separated after being with my ex-husband for nearly 25 years. I am a creative too who put it aside for a long time (well not completely) raising 6 kids and working (I didn't hate my job but it never was my life goals) Since I was 5 years old I knew I wanted to write novels. I did write during those times, had a lot of fails and like you- I was raised to get a job, and settle down- any form of being an artist is heads in the cloud. In 2019- I decided to put get back at writing- and by 2022 I decided to do it seriously. Now I am 55 years old and I feel like I am being my authentic self. YOU GOT THIS! This is one of the best times to be a creative person. We have so many avenues to express ourselves. Lots of work but to me, what are the options? One thing I know is if I don't do what I have always thought I was meant to do, it will be the one thing I regret on my deathbed. The reality is, at this age, if we don't do it now, there is no later. I am so glad I have hung up the chains that held me back (aka my own self and the belief that being creative is a hobbie only) and am just going for it! What do we have to lose? In reality. Nothing. We already have years of behind us where we didn't do what was calling to us. Creating for the love of creating and taking it serious, will create art. Period!

@Deenatheknittingauthor

10 күн бұрын

Also, I am in Ontario Canada too!

@michellejozina

10 күн бұрын

I love all of this Deena! Thank you for your support and sharing your story! I think there are many of us in the same boat. I think you are going to be very successful in your writing career. I really think that it is very much a mental shift that will allow us to finally pursue our goals. We have come to an age that has given us perspective, experience and wisdom so we can finally understand we have control of how our lives can be. The future is exciting for all creatives and I can’t wait to see us all succeed! ❤️

@michellejozina

10 күн бұрын

Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦

@Deenatheknittingauthor

10 күн бұрын

@@michellejozina totally agree with the mental shift! HAPPY CANADA DAY!! I am spending the day CREATING! 😄

@michelebedard2226

7 күн бұрын

@@DeenatheknittingauthorI’m in Ontario too and went through the same thing. Burnt out from my job. Separated finally. Went to art school then pandemic hit!

Love this! Congratulations on launching so many amazing things for you! ❤

I’m so excited to find your channel today! I’m in my mid 50s and finally pursuing my dream of being an indie creative writer plus other income streams that support a creative life on my own terms. I’m not an artist but I’m in awe of artistic pursuits and those of us making them happen later in life! I’m thrilled to follow your journey now. You can do it!! 🙌❤️ Thanks for inspiring me!

@michellejozina

8 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for your comment and support! My reason for making these videos is to support other mid life women who are ready to go for their dreams so I am so glad you found it inspiring! I wish you well in your writing journey. That is so exciting to hear about. I’m sure you will do great! ❤️🤩

@jenniferevelynhayes

8 күн бұрын

@@michellejozina thank you, Michelle! I appreciate the kind words and encouragement! ❤️

Oh My God! THANK U ❤ I m 50 this year and after a long time of self discovery, I find my passion for art Creations. I m now begginning my New Journey one step at the time🖌📚 You are an inspiration for me 😊💫

@michellejozina

5 күн бұрын

One baby step at a time is all it takes! ❤️

@AC8wonderland

5 күн бұрын

@@michellejozina 😊🌷 merci !!

Wishing you luck!! Really enjoyed listening to your story and your exciting plans for your future.

Well you’re doing something right with your KZread. Your channel was recommended to me and glad it was. Love your channel so much . Love your art too. I hope everything blows up for you, you are very inspiring ! I’m 55 and would like to start something!!!!!

@michellejozina

6 күн бұрын

Thank you and Welcome! I’m so glad my channel is reaching the right people! ❤️

Great video and I will continue to watch your future videos! I wish you all the best!

Thank you for sharing your journey and process - best wishes and I'm looking forward to your next video!

Way to go!! 🎉🎉 wishing you all the best. Thank you for sharing 😊

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been bouncing around and mostly failing at life tbh and I’m just now starting to try all the things I said I wanted to do when younger. It’s nice to see others who are further along their art/creative journey, you are inspiring! 😊

I really appreciate your telling your story and being so bold to follow your dream.

Hi Michelle Thank you for sharing your journey. Wishing you much success! Look forward to seeing how things unfold for you.

Thank you for sharing your story. Totally relate and feel inspired to go forward with my own creative/ business plan. You will be my go to mentor . Inspired! X

Thanks Michelle. Good luck with your venture. I am in a similar boat. Will enjoy watching things unfold.

Excellent well done to you, I’m 52 and just learning to draw after being left disabled from a stroke

I’m so happy the universe showed me your video! Your story resonated with me so much, I’m in a similar situation and looking to start my own creative career. You are such an inspiration ❤ thank you for sharing your journey! I can’t wait to see how things turn out for you🎉🎉

I too am in my 50's and doing my "art career". Not really a career, though because I'm not really doing it to make money. I mean I have no idea if it would sell or not but I'm not making it to sell because I want to make art I like, not have to gear it towards "what sells". I started after my second brain surgery, but really really got into it after I recovered from a deep depression after someone close to me ended their life. I don't have a mind's eye so a lot of times I need to draw inspiration from somewhere. I'm going to enjoy being subscribed to your channel I think. So glad you made your channel!

Love this. I'm 40 and in the early stages of my art practice too. Keep going x

Jusst turned 50 and got into creating art again a few years back after my divorce. Dream of making it more than a hobby😊I have subscribed and look forward to following your journey and get great ideas😍

@michellejozina

7 күн бұрын

Thank you! So glad to hear you are creative again. I hope to inspire you with lots of ideas, lol. 🤩

I just discovered your channel and am so happy I did. I, too, was a creative child who wanted to be an artist. But, now, at 32 I almost feel like I'm behind and it's too late for me to change paths... Thank you for being such an inspiration and bravely sharing your story! I'll definitely be following along!❤

@michellejozina

Күн бұрын

It’s never too late! You are so young still. You can change paths as many times as you want. There are no rules to life. Only the ones you decide to follow. 😝❤️

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

Wow, so happy i found your channel! You are an inspiration and what an amazing community. I am 63 and a creative also. As a child, i too was drawing and painting horses (why so many of us do that?). Looking forward to this story, it seems to resonate with so many of us. Sending you beautiful energy and light!

@michellejozina

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤️ Horses are just the best! 🐴🥰

Luv, luv your AUTHENTICITY ❤️

Thank you for this video!

THANK YOU, you are a great inspiration, I watched your whole story and I wish you success 🥳

@michellejozina

7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤️

Ok, this is great! I’m all ears. I’m at the same point in my life. Thank you

I love love love your story! I’m mid 50s. I’ve always worked as a writer but I’ve been a full time carer for over ten years. I’m starting my journey to monetise my writing to be self employed, to take my quilting from craft to art and to take my photography skills to shining a light on mine and other’s artistic endeavours. I love yours ideas for yourself. I think you could really launch your wedding illustration idea by doing quick sketches at an iconic fashion event or iconic market with a jacket or sign that says I sketch at weddings. Good luck!

@michellejozina

2 күн бұрын

You sound like me with so many interests! Those all sound amazing! I love that we all have different ideas. And yes, it would be cool to do some fashion events as well once I figure out what I’m doing, lol. Keep shining superstar! 🤩❤️

For the very same reason, I didn’t go into the arts. I’m on a similar journey as yours now.

I have also started my journal to become a full-time artist. Looking forward to growing together!

Very happy to have watched your video. Like others who have commented, I am also in my 50s and am getting back to my creative roots (I used to draw a lot as a child as well). I’m doing some photography, but have been wanting to draw/paint/or something more. Of everything I’ve seen, the main message is just start! So I have. I am not good but I love trying and practicing-it’s very calming and peaceful and something I am doing just for me. Thank you for sharing your journey and wish you the best for the road ahead. 🙏🏻

Just chanced upon your channel and I clicked on this video suggestion immediately, just seeing the caption. I love this! This is amazing and so motivating. I'm in my 40s now and at a crossroads, wondering if I should go ahead with a career change or just stay where I am. So, this was just in time. Keep going! Love it!

It was really nice listening to your story, very interesting and how brave to take a year off! I'm in my 40s and also pursuing my art dream, have been working in my day job part time for last 3 years, but now I'm being made redundant. I always supported myself financially so it scares me to lose my main income. Hopefully we all make it to the full time asap! ❤

@michellejozina

5 сағат бұрын

Sometimes the universe gives you a push. 😉❤️

Good for you👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Im so excited for you and delighted that I came across your video! I graduated from Sheridan's Illustration program in the early 90s and have been working in advertising and marketing. Recently this is exhausting my creative energy and I long to work on my art. Baby steps. I've started to paint again and find it so satisfying. thank you.

@michellejozina

2 күн бұрын

Hey! 🙋🏼‍♀️ I was at Sheridan from 91’ to 95’ so most likely there at the same time! I loved that school, it was a great time. I hope you can find time to paint, it really is different when you are doing something just for yourself rather than a job. ❤️

Michelle! How exciting. I'm a late blooming artist and there are so many parallels in our lives. I am full time art now after raising my daughter as a parent alone. Now I'm widowed and free to travel and be a full time artist. So great to hear your journey! Best Wishes JOYcelyn

@michellejozina

5 сағат бұрын

So glad for you that you are able to do art and travel! I will get there one day! ❤️

This was really interesting. Wish you success in your ideas

Loved every minute of this. Love your sheer honesty and vulnerability. Love seeing so many women in the comments rising up and reclaiming their joy. Look forward to joining you on your journey.

@michellejozina

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!! It’s so exciting to find everyone! ❤️

Hi from Sweden! :) I just found your channel, and this video is so inspiring! I'm 43 myself, and my goal is also to become a fulltime artist. Looking forward to follow your journey!

Michelle! It’s so nice to see this…I am a 34 year old artist from Toronto who moved up to Simcoe County and lost my corporate job….I have started my KZread creative journey and want to take my art to the next level and start making more consistent income…. I also studied fashion so it’s really cool to see your fashion illustration! I find it’s so hard to sell in Canada. Look forward to seeing your journey!

@michellejozina

Күн бұрын

Ahh, it’s so beautiful in that area. I would love to live up there in a little cottage by the water and make art and KZread and have a few animals. It’s another dream I have. Yes, it’s hard to sell in Canada sometimes but it’s finding interesting ways to use fashion illustration that is the key. 😊❤️

I can sooo relate to your story!

I appreciate you telling your story. We align in many ways but the unfortunate thing is that I have not found my niche. Thank you for sharing your experience and I will continue to explore until my epiphany comes. 😊

You are awesome. Thank you for creating your channel and your videos. I too have been drawing since I was so young, and coming out of high school in the 70s, thought I should go into fashion design, and got a fashion design degree, like you! I enjoyed fashion illustration, and I was probably better at being a colorist. Then I went into handpainted silks for 10 years, then pivoted to working in tech for the past 25 years because of money, dang it. I thought I couldn’t make money in my art. Now I’m getting back into my fine art, and am looking for ways to develop income streams. I stumbled across you, and I’m thankful for you. ❤

@michellejozina

4 күн бұрын

Money is always the damn carrot dangled in our faces! Lol. I’m so glad that now with the internet and technology there are so many ways for creatives to make money now! Good luck to you as well! ❤️

I'm happy to have found you. Our stories are strangely similar... right down to the horses! I'm a 46 yo single mom of a 10yo boy. Are we are on the same path, you and I. After leaving my husband almost 5 yrs ago, the world has been opening up wider and wider for me. I can't believe I didn't start to take care of myself and explore what actually brings me joy until this point in my life. I am also starting my journey of 'how to make money with my artistic talents.' It's hard now, because the life I share with my son takes priority. Slowly, (with passion and drive) it will happen for the both of us. 🙂 I'm looking forward to following along with your journey as well ❤️ my Canadian sista.

@michellejozina

6 күн бұрын

Amazing! I totally understand after putting my life on hold for 20 years to give my son a better life. It will be worth it and I am excited for you to get started and eventually find success! Thanks for being here! ❤️🇨🇦

I’m excited for you, 🤩🤩🤩

@michellejozina

8 күн бұрын

Thank you! I’m excited too! 😁❤️

It’s so crazy how much my story is so similar. I used to write poetry and draw as a kid. I went to the art institute for fashion marketing in the early 90’s worked for a clothing manufacturer then got married and had kids. I felt the same way about working in corporate. Hated it. Felt like my soul was dying. I am now making jewelry (metal smithing) am in my 50’s and my name is also Michelle! 😆 I’m so glad I found your channel!

@michellejozina

4 күн бұрын

Hey Michelle! 🙋🏼‍♀️ metal smithing sounds so fun! Glad you are here! 🥰

New subscriber! Ty for sharing your story!

First of all: good kuck! You are very brave❤

Thanks for sharing your story and overview. Clearly hit well with the 50ish crowd! At 53, nice hearing from fellow creatives in the same age group. Licensing artwork is really smart. Would love to hear more how that goes.

Hi Michelle, very random I saw your vid in my feed and decided to click on it. Listened till the end and found your story inspiring as I have a lot of similar interests and childhood journey as someone passionate about visual arts and fashion, and live in Toronto! Makeup artist side hustle worked in weddings and fashion… now almost ready to quit my corp job as beauty eCommerce is taking off 🎉 one hard lesson I learned as MuA is providing a service takes a lot of work and people may not appreciate. Focusing all efforts now on selling products instead and looking at strategies to scale. Best of luck on your entrepreneurial journey! Subscribed 😊

@michellejozina

8 күн бұрын

So many similarities! I love it!🥰 I agree with you on everything. Some people do not appreciate services all of the time but hopefully the good outweighs the bad. I’m always willing to try things and then let them go if it doesn’t make sense but you never know where it may lead. Lol. E-commerce is definitely a great area to get into especially in beauty. It’s such a hot market. I have no doubt you will kill it! Wishing all the best in your endeavours as well! 🤩❤️

@VB-cj9gy

6 күн бұрын

@@michellejozina thank you! Wishing you great success as well 💕 looking forward to seeing your art

YASS! I’m also rebuilding my art career in my 50s. So great to see this, and so many others in the comments who are doing this, too.

I'm so happy to see your video! I'm experiencing and have experience so much of what you have described. I love art, and I'd love to make it a larger part of my life. I have a lot of fear around it, so I really respect that you took time to yourself and decided to pursue it. I'm also in my 50s and have been contemplating leaving my job and taking some time off.

@michellejozina

6 күн бұрын

Honestly, even if you can get Friday or Mondays off, having a three day weekend every week is so much more balanced and leaves time to create but you still have most of your income so it’s less stressful. But I highly recommend taking time off if you can swing it. So good for the soul. ❤️

Thank you!!!❤❤❤