Comments on: Celebrate Your Accomplishments

By: Brag Better About Your Art, About You — Art Biz Blog

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:32:23 +0000

[…] What career successes (education, exhibitions, collections, . . . ) are you most proud of having […]

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By: Sharing your art and ideas through shameless self-promotion — Art Biz Blog

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:01:25 +0000

[…] Self-Promotion, therefore, implies pride–pride in your work, your art, your ideas, and your accomplishments. You don’t lie, you don’t embellish. Instead, you tell the truth with “lack of shame.” You […]

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By: Thea

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:32:31 +0000

Thanks for inspiring me time and again, Alyson!
I’m expecting your book any day now; it was on my Christmas wish list…

Today I followed your suggestion and made a list of my accomplishments of the past year. Amazing if one starts writing it all down and a good feeling, too!
If you’d like to check it out, it’s on my blog: http://encausticcanada.wordpress.com/

Thanks again for all your support and have a fantastic 2010!

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By: Nancy Wylie

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:19:17 +0000

I have doing this since at least 2005 and have kept my old lists plus goals for that year. At the end of the year, I write on the goals list what I did or didn’t do, then make a new goals list for the coming year. Having gone through the years accomplishments puts into perspective a lot of things which not only encourages me that I actually did accomplish something, but I now know what I want to do for next year.

I agree with Jay though on needing a question about how much work did you produce. Your 2006 questions had that question in it plus several others that I just added or changed to this years list. (I like the personal growth questions as well.) As an artist, the most satisfying thing of all to me is not the technological or marketing stuff so much as did I really produce art!

I have been reading through my engagement calendar for the past 3 days and working on my list. I know it is taking a lot of time, but it is so worth it and makes me realize what a good year I really did have!

Thank you again for inspiring me and not letting me come up with excuses for not being good at what I do. God bless you and have a Merry Christmas!

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By: Jaime Lyerly

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:43:15 +0000

Thanks Alyson for coming and commenting on my blog.

Thanks for your support and for posting such an inspirational action for me to grab onto.

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By: Reflections « e.scape artist

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:31:37 +0000

[…] history. I look back and think of all the things I thought I would accomplish. But after reading Alyson Stanfield’s blog, I realize how much I actually […]

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By: Patricia C Vener

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:58:14 +0000

Today, I blogged a list of my accomplishments for the last year (giving thanks to Alyson for the idea and inspiration). It left me both inspired and encouraged. Sometimes we get so close to the experiences we fail to sense the inherent accomplishments.

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By: Fabrizio Van Marciano

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:17:59 +0000

Wow very interesting way of looking at this actually, I’m certainly going to give it a try. Just reading some of the questions you’ve outlined I could see the answers right away and realise how much I’d done rather than what I hadn’t. I’m currently doing my six month business review so this will certainly help. Many thanks for sharing.

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By: Share This! « Musings from the Moonroom

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:40:28 +0000

[…] Alyson Stanfield, author of I’d Rather Be in the Studio, offers some wonderful prompts to get you thinking and reflecting on this past year. I started this practice after taking Alyson’s Blast Off class online. I created a document in Word and each month I type in everything I did that month, big and small. It is a great way to review the year and say “Wow! I did all that?!” Read Alyson’s post here […]

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By: Amy Crawley

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:12:55 +0000

Hi Alyson,

I believe it was in a Blast-Off Class that you mentioned creating a list of your accomplishments for the year. I did just that this year, creating a bullet list of accomplishments for each month in Word. I love this idea because, inevitably, I would look back on the year and say “What did I do?” and then have trouble recalling anything…even though I knew I did many things.

I’m going to take your questions and apply them to my monthly accomplishment list to give me an even better review of the year. Thanks for providing such great guidance.

-Amy

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