Regularly notching up our creative milestones is how we build our creative careers.

Our creative milestones are markers along the way in our creative journey—the things that show us we are making progress and heading where we want to go. By seeing how far we’ve come we gain confidence that we can go further.

If your creative journey isn’t made up of regular milestones that clearly chart your progress to date, then it’s time to start employing some.

What is a creative milestone?

A creative milestone is a regularly reached small triumph. Your 20th drawing. 2000 words written and edited. Ten hours spent honing a poem.

Milestones aren’t finished projects, rather they are steps on the way to finished projects (or simply an ever growing collection of work).