c'est la vie!

When you feel overwhelmed – it’s a sign that you need to to take a break, make more time for self-care, or change up the way you’re tackling your responsibilities.

When you feel depressed – it’s a sign that you’re in a situation that feels hopeless and you’re lacking in the resources necessary to successfully navigate your struggle and feel in control of your environment.

When you’re still having a reaction to something upsetting that happened a long time ago – it means that you need to do more work processing that trauma/ struggle and that you need more effective coping mechanisms.

When you feel anxious about something – it means you haven’t yet acquired the experience and evidence necessary to show you that you can do this thing and be okay. It DOESN’T mean you’ll never get that evidence or that you’ll struggle forever - just that this is where you are right now.

You don’t need to beat yourself up. And you don’t have to feel ashamed. You just have listen. Listen to what your body is telling you and use that information to help you grow and navigate the world in a way that feels best FOR YOU. 

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STUDIO GHIBLI + FLOWERS

If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.

Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.

Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.