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Agnes is an artist, freelance science communication consultant and creator of the online shop, we are stardust. We are stardust is a print design shop where art and science collide.In this episode, we talked about her journey of combining science and art, creating a niche market for herself, going freelance, doing things her own way and how she is making it all work.Her artwork is absolutely gorgeous. Agnes's story is the last of this series: the end of the first season of living your truth podcast. I am super happy to share her story with you as her story is a testament to doing things in our own unique, messy and human way. I am sure this episode will also give you permission to do things in their own way too.Survey 2020 (plus as a thank you 10% off discount code)Here's what we talk about in this episode:a beautiful introduction about Agnes herself and her online adventure, we are stardustthe uncommon combination of art and science in her workCraving a unique niche for herself: Freelance Science Communication Consultanthow it all started and what did the journey of getting here looked likethe distinction between art and science was not something that made sense to her and she tried to combine the two in a way that would make sense when she was choosing her graduate studiesfinding your feet in the job marketdoing part-time jobs to keep yourself afloat while living in an expensive city like Londonunderstanding how you work bestgoing freelancesetting up the online shop and where the inspiration came frombecoming a mumperfectionism and how she approaches itwhy it is important for her to do what she doesart, drawing, and painting as a form of meditationobserving better and being curious about your surroundingsyou don't always have to know everythingher struggles when she first launched we are stardustclarity and the fear of what other people will think or say about uscurrent strugglesprioritising better and learning to prioritise the ones that bring you joyhaving a limited time in your handslearning to say no and practicing kindnesshaving a plan in advance takes the indecision awaystarting with the creative expression when starting to work instead of sitting down to do the admin or editorial tasksfinding support online and offlineit all starts with the mindsetlearning to embrace and let things flow instead of trying to perfect them and control themher creative process and how she likes to spend her daysthe pressure we put on ourselves for our creativity to earn us moneypracticing gratitudewhat does living a wholehearted creative life looks like for herFind links to the resources we discuss in the full show notes.Agnes Becker's website and InstagramHira's website and InstagramSign up for 'A letter from me to you'