Here’s a quick tip idea triggered by a Lifehacker post and subsequent comments. The post is Keep a File of Your Accomplishments. Post author Wendy Boswell suggests having a “Yay-Me” file to put notes on accomplishments you’ve made. She’s primarily writing about a corporate context in which annual reviews are a reality.

For us self-employed types, we get daily reviews in the form of repeat clients (or not). Precious testimonials from clients are like gold and definitely worth saving for use.

Besides these, I also have a “Nice words” file where I drop grateful emails from clients that aren’t going to the testimonials page but are uplifting to read through every once in a while.

One of the other contexts brought up in the comments section of the above mentioned Lifehacker post was for the resume. Now that’s useful. Not that I’ve updated my resume lately (one of the reasons I’m self-employed, lol) but what about the online bio or a few words for introduction for an upcoming speech? Having a file for miscellaneous accomplishments would be a great place to get some interesting info!