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Self Worth - kind of an unhappy journal
11 years ago
To be honest, I'm still learning to care about myself.
I've been struggling with self-esteem and body issues and my own artistic worth for a while. It took me a while to get the confidence to actually charge higher for my art and it felt good that people would pay for it.
But I sometimes deal with people asking to go lower and then I worry that my time, effort and talents aren't worth what I'm charging. I'm trying to find value in my talents, I'm trying to make a living with my art and get by, but its really hard when I worry that I'm asking for too much.
I want to think my time is worth it, that my artistic skills are worth it. I want to sell my art, make other people happy, but also be able to pay my phone bills and go to the grocery store.
I feel really depressed about this, and sometimes I worry I'll never sell another piece of art in between commissions. I don't like to haggle...I want to be able to know my art is worth what I say it is...
I've been struggling with self-esteem and body issues and my own artistic worth for a while. It took me a while to get the confidence to actually charge higher for my art and it felt good that people would pay for it.
But I sometimes deal with people asking to go lower and then I worry that my time, effort and talents aren't worth what I'm charging. I'm trying to find value in my talents, I'm trying to make a living with my art and get by, but its really hard when I worry that I'm asking for too much.
I want to think my time is worth it, that my artistic skills are worth it. I want to sell my art, make other people happy, but also be able to pay my phone bills and go to the grocery store.
I feel really depressed about this, and sometimes I worry I'll never sell another piece of art in between commissions. I don't like to haggle...I want to be able to know my art is worth what I say it is...
It's a tricky problem because you need to get at the smaller number of people who have spare money. The best way to deal with it is keep on expanding your audience. More people watching, more potential customers. There's always a load of new watchers after posting something fun.
I have actually been wanting another commission from you - a sequel to the pic with the gorgon. I don't have proper net access until tomorrow night, but I could talk with you about it then.
And yeah, it seems to work that way.
Sure! I'll talk to you then. :)