When I think of my portfolio as “my portfolio,” it’s decent, but when I think of it as “the very best of my life’s work,” damn is it depressing

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why do you feel that way? you’ve made it acd. someone likes your work so much that they’re paying you for it. you’ve made decisions that helped move needles for businesses. you put food on the table for you and yours.

go easy on yourself!

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Dude. It is fucking hard to make work these days. Let alone good work. Give yourself some grace. Our jobs are silly and trivial but they are not easy. Getting anything made takes a lot of skills a lot of people don’t have. Guarantee you people have looked at your book more often than you realize and thought “damn I wish I had that book”.

Head up ❤️

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I get that feeling but remember that for a huge chunk of the population, if they put their life’s work on a website it would be spreadsheets or endless emails or some equally depressing corporate churn.

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Appreciate y’all in the comments. Needed to hear that

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