The Criticism Is The Easy Part

When you do creative work for a living, having the chance to improve your work is a life raft.

The fear of losing the job is always there. Still, whenever you get helpful criticism, you get an odd sense of security that even if you end up losing the job, you're confident you'll know (a tiny part of) what you should do whenever a similar challenge comes your way.

The scariest part of having a creative job is getting started. While writing that email or working on that commission, you're not entirely sure what you're doing will work.

The criticism you'll get from your client becomes the easy part. When what they say turns out to be helpful, it's like you're getting a professional 1UP.