Doing Personal Projects

And what that might do

There are two rewards for doing a personal project. One is what it does to you, the other is what it does for you.

It might give you a sense of purpose, help you learn discipline, dedication, consistency, and grow in many ways in addition to the knowledge you might get. That’s what it does to you.

The other is what it does for you like create an impression in others, land you a new gig, improve your portfolio, give you external validation (which you need) or win you an award and that’s not all but unlike the first, it depends on a few factors. One of them is finishing your personal project, another is putting it out.

It’s not enough to start a personal project, you have to finish because if you don’t, then, you lose the award and we won’t have that book, sing that song, sign up for that program, buy that course, or whatever it is your personal project might be.

What the project does to you requires only that you do the project but what it does for you requires that you pull through and that you put it out.

A personal project is proof of dedication to your craft or a craft.

I should get back to mine.