As a visual artist, journaling has always helped me process and reflect… I have a little notebook by my bed where I try to write three things I’m grateful for, and three things I’m proud of myself for, though I’ll be honest, it often turns into a messy vomit of poems, thoughts, and emotions. Still, the act of naming those things makes a difference.

But what I realized a couple of weeks ago is this:

No one tells you this when you start as a creative solopreneur: you need to know more than your craft.