In 2011 I did a bunch of these "Elfs" and even a sticker. I really don't know what I was doing with these except that I was pushing through a lot of questioning my career choices and I'd figured out that making art helped my mental. Even very silly art. There was a very intentional "therapy is expensive but if I make drawings and title them with negative self talk I can at least pretend it might make me money instead and have the same effect".
