Creative Paralysis Hi everyone! Last year wrecked me a bit…
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Creative Paralysis
Hi everyone! Last year wrecked me a bit and I'm trying to climb back out.
I took on a \*big\* freelance project from a friend, badly overestimated what I could handle, and it went sideways. Stack that on a heavy workload, personal stuff, and a master's, and I burned out hard. Ended up in therapy, about to start antidepressants hopefully, and slowly working on getting back to baseline.
The part I'm stuck on: I've lost my creative confidence. In college I graduated with honors, felt sharp, took on passion projects for fun. Now I get an almost physical fear of taking on anything new, which is obviously bad for me financially (and emotionally) since freelancing means actually shipping work.
For anyone who's come out the other side of this: what helped you start again? I have plenty of personal ideas as well, but the second I grab my computer or a pencil my brain goes blank and the anxiety kicks in. Trying to rebuild the muscle without waiting to feel "ready," since I'm not sure that feeling ever shows up on its own.
Thanks for reading, and for any advice you've got :)
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Hi everyone! Last year wrecked me a bit and I'm trying to climb back out.
I took on a \*big\* freelance project from a friend, badly overestimated what I could handle, and it went sideways. Stack that on a heavy workload, personal stuff, and a master's, and I burned out hard. Ended up in therapy, about to start antidepressants hopefully, and slowly working on getting back to baseline.
The part I'm stuck on: I've lost my creative confidence. In college I graduated with honors, felt sharp, took on passion projects for fun. Now I get an almost physical fear of taking on anything new, which is obviously bad for me financially (and emotionally) since freelancing means actually shipping work.
For anyone who's come out the other side of this: what helped you start again? I have plenty of personal ideas as well, but the second I grab my computer or a pencil my brain goes blank and the anxiety kicks in. Trying to rebuild the muscle without waiting to feel "ready," since I'm not sure that feeling ever shows up on its own.
Thanks for reading, and for any advice you've got :)
#art
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