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2026 Creative Business Mid-Year Recap
How I went from WORST YEAR EVER…. to a bulging business bank account.
It’s time for our 2026 Mid-Year Recap: an honest behind-the-scenes of a true rollercoaster of a year.
And I'm doing after getting back from vacation literally last night. I’m jet-lagged, I’m teaching a live training tonight — and honestly? Not mad about any of it. Because I chose it. And that feels like the whole point of this episode.
What we get into:
(1:40) The 6-Month Recap — feeling like I finally had it figured out, then watching February completely unravel that story and my brain deciding everything was permanently broken
(7:27) The thing about "arriving" — after 10+ years, what I actually know now about business ownership, hedonic adaptation, and why you never really figure it out for good
(10:50) The Summit’s Unexpected Gift — watching other people get excited about building a calligraphy business brought me all the way back to why I started mine
(13:30) The lawyer dread vs. the jetlagged calligrapher — the comparison that still gets me every time
The takeaway isn't that it gets easier. It's that when it's yours, hard feels different.
ABOUT CROOKED CALLIGRAPHY
Hey - I'm Shinah! A former miserable corporate lawyer turned sassy calligrapher and teacher. Ten years ago, I was WISHING I could create beautiful calligraphy but feeling really un-creative and LOST about how to achieve that... and now I truly believe that ANYONE can learn this beautiful craft - because I've already taught it to THOUSANDS of people, from all different backgrounds.
Calligraphy has given me a gorgeous life. It's helped my students find PASSION, PURPOSE, and a reason to JUMP OUT OF BED each morning. What could it do for you? =)
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