Wildly Rejected- Week Six Update

About this episode

In this episode, Lauren Connolly discusses the messy realities of the 1000 Rejections Challenge, focusing on scams in the creative online space.

Send us Fan Mail 🌿 Download your free Wildly Unplug Starter Guide here: https://gem.godaddy.com/signups/ebd116a3a09647638aa4d85c004839fa/join Get Ashley's Tracker here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-184085682 WEEK SIX of the 1000 Rejections Challenge got messy… because this week’s theme is SCAMS. In this episode of Wildly Unplug, I share the uncomfortable side of being a creative online: pay-to-play art contests, questionable “opportunities,” fake-feeling validation, and learning when to ...

People in this episode

Host: Lauren Connolly

Topics covered

• rejection
• scams
• creative challenges
• online art
• validation

Keywords

• rejections
• scams
• art contests
• validation
• creative online

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