13 Ways to Live Like an Artist

Marisa Mohi
8 min readMar 27, 2024

Why do we tend to feel like an inspired, creative life is so out of reach? It’s because choosing to live like an artist can often look like the opposite of the way most people live. And this tends to be why most artists feel like outsiders and normies feel like artists are weirdos.

Your artistic life meaning may be different than mine, and not everyone wants to live like an artist in the same way. But I do think there are some very universal ways to help you achieve a more creative lifestyle so you can live a creative life.

How to Live Like an Artist

Many people want to know how do you become an artist. Mostly, you just do it. And it starts by choosing to live an artistic life, but what does that look like?

It’s a lot simpler than you think. Here are 13 ways to live like an artist:

001: Romanticize the small stuff.

You can’t be creative if you don’t see beauty in anything. And like, sure. It can be hard to find beauty in a super mundane and boring routine. I don’t think I know a single person who could look at the beige walls of a corporate office and feel inspired.

That’s why you have to work extra hard and romanticize the small stuff. You have to make things more appealing than they really are. You…

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Marisa Mohi

novelist, blogger, and tarot reader | former tech writer, college instructor, and instructional designer | black coffee or GTFO | https://marisamohi.com