Episode 17: Taking Creative Leaps with Josiah and Jenna Hazel

Josiah and Jenna are newlyweds navigating the waters of making space for creative projects and taking big creative leaps. Josiah works in marketing by day and makes music by night while Jenna is a full-time creative as a self-employed photographer and blogger. Together, they recently released their first debut album for their band, Settling Houses. Join us as we chat about finding space in the margins for creative work, tackling a big creative project together, taking leaps of faith in your creativity, and dealing with the awkwardness of self-promotion.

Here's where you can find Josiah and Jenna:

Check out their band, Settling Houses, on Bandcamp!

You can find Jenna at her photography website or her food and lifestyle blog, and you can also catch her on Facebook and Instagram.

You can find Josiah on his website, Twitter, Instagram, and Soundcloud.

Here's where you can find Abbigail:

Website: www.InkwellsandImages.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/

Here's where you can find Ashley:

Website: www.brookseditorial.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookseditorial

Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial

Quotes from the episode

“Music has always been something I’ve loved doing and haven’t had to

work too hard at to find time for.” --- Josiah

“It’s really been the last three years that I’ve realized I can do

creative things full time and not necessarily have to devote all my

time to a ‘practical’ job.” --- Jenna

“I’ve had to schedule creative time more than I’m used to.” ---

Josiah, on getting married and having other adult responsibilities

“We owe it to our spouse and our families to be the best person we can

be, and sometimes that means taking a little bit of time to

ourselves.” --- Abbigail

“It was just trying to find the small available moments to work on

[music]. It was a lot of five minutes here, fifteen minutes there.”

--- Josiah

“Eventually those five minutes added up and it actually happened.” ---

Josiah

“You can do big things in small amounts of time. You just have to be

patient and wait, but they will add up eventually.” --- Ashley

“Having somebody you’re accountable to is important.” --- Jenna

“I needed to be okay with him going off and working on his creative

thing and me working on something else.” --- Jenna “We didn’t want

to look back in 10 years and think ‘Oh, we missed out.’” --- Jenna

“I’d rather just be in my own head and write stuff instead of telling

people to listen to me.” --- Josiah

“You care so much about what you do that when people are criticizing

your art it feels like they’re criticizing you.” --- Abbigail

Mini Book Club

The Luminous Portrait by Elizabeth Messina

Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived by Laurence Shames and Peter Barton

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller

Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller