Creative Success = Financial Balance with Flexible Budget Plans As a creative individual, dealing with irregular income can be daunting. In this episode of From "Creative Passion To Profit", titled "How Creatives Can Budget for Regular Income," I, Mahmood, tackle one of the biggest challenges faced by those in the arts and creative world—budgeting. Have you ever felt the high of being fully booked and having commissions flying off the shelves, only to be met with silence and income droughts the following month? You're not alone. But here's the good news: with a little planning, you can smooth out those financial ups and downs. In this episode, I'll share three simple steps to help you build a budgeting system that fits your lifestyle and supports your creative ambitions. You'll learn how to determine your essential baseline expenses, create a financial buffer for quiet months, and implement a flexible yet simple budgeting method that allows you to thrive creatively and financially. You'll also have some homework tasks... Timestamped Summary: [00:00:00] Introduction to challenges of budgeting with erratic income. [00:00:58] Step 1: Determine your baseline expenses. [00:02:12] Step 2: Build a financial buffer for quieter months. [00:03:46] Step 3: Apply a simple, discipline-based budget system. [00:04:58] Homework: Calculate baseline expenses and track income. Mentioned in this episode: Training Training Training Find out more about Budgetwhizz Find out more about Budgetwhizz Budgetwhizz…
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The Lusophone Jihadists?
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15:32A spate of attacks in rural northeastern Mozambique has set the region into fear. Beheadings, IED attacks, and a growing economic marginalization of a muslim community in a region soon to be flooded with oil wealth has combined into the early signs of a major insurgency. ADR's JOHN STUPART speaks with GABRIELLE REID, sub-Saharan African expert and …
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Everything ADF with Jesper Cullen
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25:43As one of the higher priorities for MONUSCO peacekeepers in the DRC, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) probably have a higher profile in the DRC than they deserve. Richard Stupart talks to Risk Advisory Group's Jesper Cullen to sort fact from fiction about the group.Kirjoittanut African Defence Review
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The decision of the presidency to deploy soldiers outside tomorrow's state of the nation address has caused huge debate in South Africa's media. ADR sits down to talk about what has happened, its legality, and whether it's warranted.Kirjoittanut African Defence Review
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Continuing our series on what is happening in Juba, RICHARD STUPART speaks to IOM projects development officer Katy Snowball, currently in Juba, in an effort to work out the details of what's been happening over the last few days.Kirjoittanut African Defence Review
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As reports of heavy weapons fire in Juba come in over the weekend, RICHARD STUPART spoke to Dr Lual Deng, currently in Juba, in an effort to work out the details of what's been happening over the last three days.Kirjoittanut African Defence Review
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If we leave, we are killed (part II)
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34:20A recently-released IOM report, titled 'If we leave, we are killed' examines what became of the United Nations protection of civilian (PoC) sites that appeared when South Sudanese civilians fleeing the outbreak of war in 2013 overran UN bases across the country. Richard Stupart talks to the author of the report, Michael Arendsen, about the preceden…
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If we leave, we are killed
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44:26A recently-released IOM report, titled 'If we leave, we are killed' examines what became of the United Nations protection of civilian (PoC) sites that appeared when South Sudanese civilians fleeing the outbreak of war in 2013 overran UN bases across the country. Richard Stupart talks to the author of the report, Michael Arendsen, about the preceden…
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Government forces deliberately suffocated dozens and dumped bodies in open pits
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17:37RICHARD STUPART talks to Lama Fakih, a senior researcher at Amnesty International, about the conduct of SPLA forces in Leer county in October 2015, when dozens of civilians were rounded up and suffocated in a cargo container.Kirjoittanut African Defence Review
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Meeting the new commander of MONUSCO
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17:11RICHARD STUPART talks to Lt. Gen. Derrick Mgwebi of the SANDF about his view on the challenges that await him as the new military commander in charge of the world's largest peacekeeping force.Kirjoittanut African Defence Review
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A Peace Agreement in South Sudan
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21:03RICHARD STUPART talks to ANDREW GREEN about the likelihood that the peace agreement signed last week between Salva Kiir and Riek Machar will hold.Kirjoittanut African Defence Review
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RICHARD STUPART and CONWAY WADDINGTON discuss themes at the 2015 ITEC defence simulation conference in Prague.Kirjoittanut African Defence Review
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Editor John Stupart talks with DARREN OLIVIER and CONWAY WADDINGTON about reports that private military contractors (PMCs) from South Africa might be serving in Nigeria.Kirjoittanut African Defence Review
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Editor John Stupart and Senior Correspondent Darren Olivier discuss three issues currently dominating South African media, and how big of a headache this may be for the State Security Agency.Kirjoittanut African Defence Review
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ADR's John Stupart and Conway Waddington sit down for a brief sitrep on the delay of Nigeria's troubling elections. The implications and current media coverage are the two chief points of discussion.Kirjoittanut Richard Stupart
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One of the sections of MSF announced last week that they will be pulling out of Sudan, citing a lack of cooperation from the Sudanese government, and its forces having bombed one of their clinics. RICHARD STUPART talks to JENS PEDERSEN about some of the factors leading up to the decision to leave.Kirjoittanut Richard Stupart
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In the wake of a Boko Haram massacre in Baga, Nigeria, RICHARD STUPART talks to CONWAY WADDINGTON and JUDITH JACOB about Boko Haram's structure, operations, and possible future implications.Kirjoittanut Richard Stupart
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JOHN STUPART discusses some of the issues from west and southern Africa that are likely to make news in 2015.Kirjoittanut John Stupart
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JOHN STUPART discusses security-related sections of Good Governance Africa's annual Africa survey with GGA researcher Stephen Johnson.Kirjoittanut John Stupart
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Africa Aerospace and Defence: Day 3
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18:57John Stupart and Darren Olivier discuss the Airbus A400M's real world possibilities, impressions of the trade show in general, and what to expect for the weekend's air demonstrations.Kirjoittanut Richard Stupart
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Africa Aerospace and Defence: Day 2
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24:52Day two of AAD 2014 was an in-depth, active event with announcements coming from a multitude of local defence producers. JOHN STUPART and DARREN OLIVIER discuss the difference between soft kill and hard kill technology.Kirjoittanut Richard Stupart
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Africa Aerospace and Defence: Day 1
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20:41Day One saw AAD2014 kick off with the South African Minister of Defence discuss all things SA-related in terms of its strategic needs. JOHN STUPART and DARREN OLIVIER chatted with Thales South Africa's CEO Justice Tootla, and heard Russia's defence giant Rosoboronexport talk maintenance contracts for helicopters, tanks and artillery.…
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Southern Somalia: Still a way to go
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23:27Despite having fallen out of the news in recent months, the war in southern Somalia continues. RICHARD STUPART talks to journalist ADRIANE OHANESIAN about the current situation in lower Shabelle, AMISOM's upcoming offensive to try and retake Baraawe, and the future prospects for the conflict.Kirjoittanut Richard Stupart
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Paramount Group and Boeing - Thoughts from ADR
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15:42JOHN STUPART and DARREN OLIVIER discuss the Farnborough 2014 announcement between Boeing and Paramount Group. Essentially opening a door for Boeing into the African defence market, the benefits for Paramount are also significant. This week's podcast explores the possibilities this deal brings, and what it means for African defence.…
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After a day of exploring the exhibition floor at EUROSATORY 2014, RICHARD STUPART and CONWAY WADDINGTON reflect on making water from air, ballistic underpants, and other interesting finds.Kirjoittanut Richard Stupart
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The conflict in the CAR has been grabbing occasionally sensational headlines, but what are the complexities of the violence in a state that has never really qualified as one? Richard Stupart talks to DAVID SMITH to unpack some of the fine detail.Kirjoittanut Richard Stupart
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