S10E13 - Please Hustle Responsibly... What If Rest Is Your Best Creative Tool & Your To-Do List Can Wait?!?

What if your most sustainable edge isn’t more effort, but better choices? We sit down with filmmaker, photographer, and community-builder Angela Hollowell to unpack how Honey And Hustle became more than a great name and turned into an ethos: Please Hustle Responsibly. Angela shares how her newsletter grew into an editorial home for long-form ideas, audio editions for busy commutes, and a genuine network that connects listeners to resources and to each other.

We dig into the creative decision tree she uses to choose the right medium. If an idea needs other voices, it’s a podcast. If it needs to show, not tell, it’s a film. If the script is too dense to memorise, it’s a written piece. That clarity shapes everything from her audio setup to her standout conference pamphlet—a hand-folded, beautifully designed guide packed with quotes and QR codes that turned a noisy venue into a lasting touchpoint. Along the way, she explains why Rootful Media’s rebrand worked, how to avoid confusing pivots that overpromise, and the power of naming to align what you do with what you want to do next.

Angela pulls back the curtain on skill-building as a creator: getting “good enough” at audio to deliver a clean experience, knowing when to hire for design or colour, and treating microphones like camera lenses with different jobs. Then we go deeper on story. “AI can’t fix a vibe story,” she says, because the missing piece is rarely a tool; it’s the human edit—beats, transitions, and a point that earns the reveal. From Trail Therapy to Durham’s influence on her craft, she shows how focus, rest, and boundaries produce work with a coherent soul.

If you’re a podcaster, filmmaker, or writer feeling the friction of endless hustle, this conversation offers a practical path: choose your medium with intention, protect your time, and share enough to be true without losing your privacy. Subscribe for more creator-first conversations, share this with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review telling us the one boundary you’ll set this week.

Make sure you wish Angela Happy 2-Years of Please Hustle Responsibly … find her and EVERYTHING about her via  http://www.angelaholowell.com

Chapters

• 0:00 Warming Up And Setting The Tone
• 0:51 Angela’s Newsletter Origin Story
• 3:41 Picking Mediums: Article, Podcast, Or Film
• 6:45 Designing A Standout Conference Pamphlet
• 9:55 Building Brand Touchpoints And Print Plans
• 12:06 Honey And Hustle Name And Ethos
• 15:40 Rest Over Burnout And Sustainable Hustle
• 18:21 Rootful Media Rebrand And Scope
• 22:06 When Rebrands Fail And Why
• 26:19 Skills Gaps, Gear, And Getting Better
• 31:12 Teams Of One, Barter, And Outsourcing
• 35:44 Rapid Fire: Influences And Boundaries
• 40:42 Community Building And First Impressions
• 44:31 Betting On A Film And Saying No
• 47:20 What Makes A Story Work
• 53:46 Durham’s Role In Creative Growth
• 58:19 Being A Creative In Alabama
• 1:00:58 Losing Spain Photos And Finding Photography
• 1:03:05 Where To Find Angela And Grounding Advice
• 1:07:03 Sponsor Messages And Final Housekeeping