give yourself time

Actions taken in specific, negative conditions don’t exemplify the nature of all beings.

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literally ignore it. stop pushing. go do something else, enjoy your life, fill it with other things, do what brings you joy in the moment if you can.

go to the gym, take a walk to touch grass and look at dogs and smell flowers, cook dinner, watch tv with your friends, talk about your feelings as needed with ppl you trust, take a drive and blast your music, do the chores you need to do, the job hunting slog you need to do, read books that aren't for research, stop cordoning off your brain for The Craft or The Draft or whatever the fuck

forget about the project, stop thinking about it for as long as it takes to be excited again.

stop pushing. stop blaming yourself for not working on creative stuff enough, stop tormenting yourself. remove all pressure and expectation. it'll be done whenever, you'll work on it whenever. who the fuck knows when that is, but it'll happen when it's ready.

stop doing shit that feels bad. do stuff that makes you happy and relaxed.

at a certain level of spoon usage from job, chores, errands, socialization and basic maintenance there will just Not Be Anything Left for your projects for awhile.

you have to let it build back up and then take your time getting back into it organically as it comes.

The fresco was less imperious than the one previously painted in the palace's long gallery, and plainer too. The crown prince looming above him had forgone the shield and armour of his mother's figure and instead of triumphant battle, he was surrounded by the sea and sky. No sword and castle framed him. He was Artos, the future king, who filled the prince with more dread than any true reflection ever could.

But at least, he thought, so long as there was a ship and stars to steer by, he could imagine sailing away.