So far I’ve been able to draw for 5-10 minutes without feeling tired,...

saochiang 2 months

So far I’ve been able to draw for 5-10 minutes without feeling tired, the longest I’ve drawn when I’m on some kind of a flow was for one hour. For playwriting I’ve been able to write 30 minutes to an hours worth of dialogue. Sewing I’ve only been able to do 5 - 10 minutes. I’m still nowhere near as productive as I used to be and I hate it so much… But it’s like going back to the gym after not going for so long (yet ANOTHER thing I need to do again), it takes time to find the joy through the frustration. Hooray for burnout, and only just now figuring out a much healthier way of working. Better late than never. 😔 Whinging is over, I’m gonna try reading a book now.

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justkp

So what’s your new, healthy way of working to avoid/address burnout? Asking for a friend 🤔

2 months

itzky

It feels like you have a need, an urge to do these things. But also that you don’t like the efforts about. Why do you do it then? The right things feel effortless.

2 months

saochiang

@justkp So far what’s working is doing what you feel like you have the energy for, even if it’s just a minute and giving myself a break if there’s a day where I don’t have the energy, once I was able to do that I started paying attention to things that I enjoy while making. For drawing, it was starting with the feeling of smudging charcoal into paper, for script writing it was being able to create narratives that wouldn’t apply to visual art, and in sewing it was seeing the puzzle pieces coming together without hurrying through the process of putting everything together Start small then find the things that bring you joy in the creating/making process. At least that’s what’s been working for me so far anyways

1 month

justkp

@saochiang sounds like proper mindfulness that, love it! Thanks for sharing 🙌

1 month

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