Motivation
Motivation
goal #1
Something that most, and probably all creators go trough is a creative rut or artist block.
I personally go trough a creative rut often! I’ve always wondered how it starts, why does it happen so often, what can I do about it?
In my last year of college, I lost all motivation, life kept trowing punches, drama was everywhere, and I didn’t know if I could finish all my assignments on time. I just didn’t want to do anything. Even watching TV was too much work. I realized something was wrong., This was deeper than regular artist block. Keeping up with the hustle is a so hard. Any projects becomes hard when you start compare yourself to others.
So I sat down, I took a moment to look what is going on with my life, I have extremely busy for the last couple of years. I didn’t remember the last time I had a break, and a real break not watching a movie, or eating a meal at a appropriate time. When was the last time I took a full day off for myself. When was the last time I’ve felt refreshed or had a great night of sleep.
When I am overworked, my whole life starts to fall apart, I stop sleeping, eating, and my creative juice are dry. And when I am deep in this stage I forget that I can take a break. This became a big problem in college, I was overworking myself to the point where I became very anxious and sick.
Its hard to remember sometimes that taking care of yourself is important.
In the last couple of months, I’ve really taken the time to listen to my body and mind, I take breaks, I ask for help, I have fun. And what do you know, I’m back to being my creative self again, I feel better and I work better. So this post is to remind me and every artist is to be careful of burnout and bad habits that affect the creative process.
How do you deal with being in a creative rut? Do you find it easy to navigate it?
You got this kid, stay healthy and happy!