You are not broken, just tired.
I am 25 days into writing and article every day, and I have to admit something : I am exhausted, I feel empty and today my energy is not there. But I promised this blog would be an honest reflection of the creator’s life, and the truth is some days, we are just not into it. The life is a succession of ups and downs, and if there is something I don’t like about social medias and self development, it’s the over positive mindset. It usually make me feel worst and guilty. The creator’s life is a balance between joy (there is nothing like the feeling of achieving something awesome!) and FRUSTRATION aaaaarg (and there is nothing more frustrating that not being able to achieve anything!!)
Sometimes I feel just overwhelmed by the massive task and goals I set to myself, and it paralyses me. I have to remember to set one brick after the other, to walk just one step after the other, and that even if today it’s going to be one small step, it is still something;
Sometimes you can feel blank, empty not inspired. Sometimes it is the opposite : You have too many ideas coming at you at the same time and you are not able to organize them and to understand which one deserves your attention. Everything is an unfinished draft, and it’s really hard to focus to finish something.
And sometimes I just don’t have the strength : you know when you start creating and you can see while doing it that this is BAD : usually you have enough distance to just understand it takes times, and after 24 more layers in Photoshop, you just finally make it perfect. But in the kind of mood, I just see that this is shitty, and I want to give up right away, I don’t have the strength to fail for two more hours and I am giving up before ti even start looking good : I am just stuck in the pit!
And the worst days, I think I don’t even find the point of doing anything.
So what to do when you feel like you are in this downward spiral of not having the resources or enough inspiration left to do anything :
- Try to understand what is you block : why is it here in the first place? Are you just tired? Are feeling unwell, a bit sick and putting to much pressure on yourself when you should rest? Are you blocked by this task because you don’t want to do it? Are you pushing your limits and this is scary?
- Be connected with this feeling : Just like I am doing right now. I am not trying to change it, I am just aware of how I am feeling, but I do not let the emotion take over. I think I am going to write it in every damn article here : MEDITATE GUYS! Self awareness is helping, and it is not about changing the emotions, but allowing them to be here and take some distance from them.
- Look for inspiration : take some distance with what you are doing or what you have to do. I spent some time reading some other blog posts about creativity ad that helped me find the necessary distance to find something I could share with you to help you.
- Talk to a friend : when I am feeling down, I usually have tunnel vision, my mind is all smokey (I don’t know if we can say this is english but you see what I mean!) and sometimes the answer is right in front of me. You know some days you are so pissed of or lost in your problems that you look for your glasses for 20 minutes and realize you are actually wearing them? Having a friend around telling you they are on your nose right away can save you a lot of time!
- Go for a walk, if you have nature not far from you this is extra bonus! There is nothing like fresh air to just open your mind and clean your thoughts. The trees are our friends!
- Loosen up, do something else just for pleasure : We set crazy goals for ourselves, and sometimes it is good to just take a detour, do something for just no other reason that it is fun. Release pressure, and give yourself permission to suck.
Is this a feeling you experience yourself sometimes? What do you do to overcome it? (I feel we will never have enough advices to survive this shitty moments!!)
Lots of love to all!
