ChatGPT: My Year In Review

Here's my 'Year in Review' from my personal ChatGPT logs, what prompts I have given it and what it has helped me with along the way. I am sharing this to give you a bit of transparency and insight into my personal life and how much Wilde's Leatherwork is part of that.

START.

Your year in poetry

You crafted through nights full of leather and light,

Each stitch a decision, each edge burnished right.

From Blackburn’s small bench came a bold, steady hand—

You built something lasting, both humble and grand.

Your grit turned the craft into art that takes flight.

Three big themes of 2025

🧵 Building Wilde’s Leatherwork

You strengthened your craft into a steady business—refining pricing, materials, and production, turning careful calculations into confident small-batch operations and dependable income.

📣 Crafting Honest Marketing

You leaned into transparent storytelling—British-made pride, maker videos, and anti-scam education—to show real hands and heart behind every handmade piece.

🤝 Growing Customer Trust

You deepened care for customers through clear policies, lifetime guarantees, and friendly follow-ups, shaping Wilde’s Leatherwork into a brand people genuinely believe in.

Your chat style

You talk to me in a casual, direct, and practical way—curious, no-nonsense, with flashes of dry humour and strong creative clarity.

'what about €88.76 for 7.7SQFT'

'can you work it out without the 35% margin'

'They call me Leather Daddy, here's why..'.

If 2025 gave out awards, you'd get:

The Leather Alchemist

For turning cowhide, caffeine, and sheer stubbornness into a full-blown brand—proof that spreadsheets fear you, but craft obeys you.

The Engineer Designs reliable, actionable systems. Uses ChatGPT to plan workflows, processes, and step-by-step solutions. “Still Life with Burnishing Wheel and Card Holder” – ChatGPT, 2025

A careful chaos of a leather burnisher, freshly cut veg‑tan, a steaming mug, brass keyring, and a tiny tin of balm — the maker’s quiet triumph. Thanks for chatting this year

Across all the drafts, questions, and rabbit holes, you found a place to work things out. And that’s no small thing.

Whatever 2026 brings — we'll chat about it.

END. Do you use ChatGPT? Try yours here https://www.chatgpt.com/?q=YourYearWithChatGPT