The Creative Juice Podcast
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I’ve built a thriving illustration business in small pockets of time, and now I help artists, makers and creatives grow their business with sustainable systems and intentional strategy.
48 \/\/ How To Get Your Creative Time Back (5 Strategies)
First Published: May 19th 2026
Do you feel like you never have enough time to actually create anymore? You started your creative business because you loved making things - but somewhere along the way, the creating got smaller and the business took over.
This episode walks through 5 practical shifts that help creative business owners get their creative time back. Not by working more hours or waking up at 4am - but by being really intentional about where the time is actually going.
If you're an artist, illustrator, maker or creative business owner who's struggling to find time to create around running your business, this one is for you!
What I Cover In This Episode:
Why your creative time keeps disappearing
Why it's important to track where your time is actually going so you can start to change it
The batching method that protects your creative time without overhauling your whole week
Why you don't need a perfect system - just one that holds everything in one place
How perfectionism is stealing hours from your creative work every single week
Why protecting creative time is different to scheduling it - and how to make it actually work
Who is this for:
Artists, illustrators and makers who feel like their creative time has shrunk
Creative business owners who spend more time on admin than on making
Anyone who started a creative business for the joy of making, and wants to get back to that
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Also mentioned:
Episode 45 - How I Built a Creative Business That Doesn't Rely on Product Sales
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