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Hello creatives. I'm Joanna Penn and this is episode number 523 of the podcast. And this is a solo show on my creative business review and lessons learned from this pandemic year.

And I'm recording this in the final days of 2020. What a year indeed. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and have also had time to reflect. So I do this every year and I set

creative financial and health goals and I share them with you on the blog and the podcast. I've

been doing this for years now and it helps keep me accountable and focused, although

inevitably things change over the year. And of course,

this year things changed across the whole world in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. And we all

had to pivot to a new way of living and a new way of creating in many ways. So in this episode,

I round up my year in creative business and reflect on my lessons

learned from this very strange time. So these are things I'm celebrating. And of course,

you're welcome to leave your thoughts and your accomplishments and whatever you are proud of

this year. Please do leave them in the comments.

You can just go to the creative pen.com forward slash podcast and go to episode 523.

And I know lots of you always add comments to at the beginning of the year with your goals.

So now's a chance for you to reflect on what you have done.

And that's all get excited about the

small things as well. Surviving the pandemic so far. So I decided to make this the first thing on

my list. And if you're reading this or listening to this, you can also celebrate this milestone.

It has been a hell of a year,

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