I recently wrote myself a "Creative Wins" page on my Notion. It's all the positive reviews I've gotten on my Etsy shop (which is like... three, but still), all the positive comments & DMs from my Instagram, all the lovely comments on my Substack.... it was really powerful to have it all in one place and see that my art is, in fact, connecting. It can feel really lonely as a creative posting things in The Void of the internet, so it was helpful to remind myself that people do actually like my stuff.
Oh I love this. You've reminded me to add reviews from my Etsy store! Agree that it can feel very lonely and having a proven record of others enjoying your work is so helpful 💕
The concept of a generation-breaking brag sheet is so cool! I hadn't heard of that one before. I'm terrible at actually sorting them into a specific file, but I ALWAYS screenshot thoughtful texts/emails/comments/etc about my work. It's so lovely to stumble upon one when I'm looking for a folder or a photo or something.
I love this idea. I have often thought about this for my job (self employed service provider), but never for my creative pursuits. I really should just make one! When updating my website recently, I realized how nice it is to even just read my own testimonial page now and then. It's shocking how little attention I've given it besides posting them up there.
To fill in the "Literally anything else you're proud of" bullet point, may I recommend that you share your cross stitch progress?
Absolutely! Love it!
I recently wrote myself a "Creative Wins" page on my Notion. It's all the positive reviews I've gotten on my Etsy shop (which is like... three, but still), all the positive comments & DMs from my Instagram, all the lovely comments on my Substack.... it was really powerful to have it all in one place and see that my art is, in fact, connecting. It can feel really lonely as a creative posting things in The Void of the internet, so it was helpful to remind myself that people do actually like my stuff.
Oh I love this. You've reminded me to add reviews from my Etsy store! Agree that it can feel very lonely and having a proven record of others enjoying your work is so helpful 💕
The concept of a generation-breaking brag sheet is so cool! I hadn't heard of that one before. I'm terrible at actually sorting them into a specific file, but I ALWAYS screenshot thoughtful texts/emails/comments/etc about my work. It's so lovely to stumble upon one when I'm looking for a folder or a photo or something.
Yesss I screenshot them too! 😇
I love this idea. I have often thought about this for my job (self employed service provider), but never for my creative pursuits. I really should just make one! When updating my website recently, I realized how nice it is to even just read my own testimonial page now and then. It's shocking how little attention I've given it besides posting them up there.
I hope you do make one -- you deserve to have that feeling from your testimonial page more often! ✨