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"Thanks for your interest, but I'm not looking for input on my work process."
In a creative field you should always invite input - but that doesn't mean you should allow your creativity to be constantly overriden.
As a software developer I remember the day I told my client no, I wasn’t going to do it his way. It felt so good, and our relationship was much better after that.
Before that, my decision was that because he was cutting the checks it was his call.
But that day, I just drew a new boundary for myself: I’m not doing bad work.
(In our case, the “bad work” was always some shortcut that I knew would cause tech debt or maintenance issues later on, because my client didn’t want to spend money near term)
This is the one.
@permit54, as soon as you start to justify argue explain or defend your position to her, that implies you acknowledge she has a right to question your methods.
She doesn't. She's not the boss of you and you don't need to engage with her preferences.