Hey, so whether you are a professional creator, you identify as someone who makes, who's primarily

that is their first source of income, or you don't yet, but might want to earn some money on the side, whether you're a professional or an aspiring amateur.

It's super standard to have a portfolio.

I don't care what line of work you're in if you write code or if you're a or if you're just a writer of words or you make products, consumer package goods that you sell

online or you have a store.

Like you have a portfolio, right?

It doesn't matter if it's posted online or we're tidily bound in a nice black leather book

that has your name stamped on it or both.

But the concept of a portfolio is very real, right?

You're aware of this concept.

And it's meant to be a cohesive sample of your work.

But here's my question. Why is this thing so damn precious? We treat it like it has to be

the first, the most, the best, the biggest, only X, never why. We've got so much baggage around the portfolio. Now, don't get me

wrong. I am all in favor of having this portfolio. I understand it's a core convention for

creator or creative professions, and it does the heavy lifting when it comes to getting hired

or getting work.

But recently, I have come to become disenchanted with the preciousness or even the concept of the portfolio in a digital world relative to a portfolio. And I've noticed in myself and

others, you, others out there, that the metaphysical weight alone of the concept, the word

portfolio can often crush the creative spirit rather than enhance it.

Now, to be fair, editing your work is difficult, and that's part of the pressure that you may feel.

But what if you gave yourself just a little bit of breathing room?

Now, you have to juxtapose this again.

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