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Anyone else have a lot of passions but don’t know what they want to do in life cause they don’t know what passion can actually be turned into a profession and cause they’re deathly scared of hating what they do?
PSA: podcasts can cause art block and burnout
it takes mental energy to listen to a podcast while drawing! sometimes its good if you need noise BUT IF YOU DO IT ALL THE TIME IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING please ! work in silence every now and then! if not then take breaks where you sit in silence! stop listening to something all the time ! give your brain some breathing room!
I have come up with a better metaphor than “you can’t pour from an empty cup” for burnout. You can’t boil an empty kettle. Pouring from an empty cup just gets you nowhere. Trying to boil an empty kettle can ruin the kettle, the stove, and burn down your house if you keep trying it.
I feel this bone deep tiredness that comes from not being able to rest wheb you need to and it's getting pretty fucking old at this point
i wish i could treat myself the way i treat others
tw. unhealthy coping mechanisms, ed, i'm bad at feelings.
i'm not a bad person. i know i'm empathetic like a stone, but at least – even though i can hardly ever understand people's feelings – i'm tolerant.
i never judge. if someone misbehaves, i don't judge because i don't know what's behind that attitude. if someone looks like shit for a day, i don't judge, because i don't know why they didn't brush their hair that day, what if they're depressed? what if something happened in their life so now they don't feel like taking care of themselves? i don't know. and if someone get a bad grade, i don't judge. maybe they've tried their best, maybe something occurred in their life so they couldn't study properly, whatever. i don't care. i'm tolerant.
you didn't answer my text? no problem, you were busy. you didn't show up? the other thing you had to do was more important. you were rude to me? don't worry, it happens, you won't do it again.
but when it comes to me, i'm not that tolerant. i don't care if i've finished studying at 3am, i'll always wake up a little earlier to do my makeup and hair and make sure i look perfect when i go to school. i get a slightly lower grade? i'm not going to sleep for the next three weeks because i need to study more. i treat someone badly because i'm annoyed about something? i won't eat as a punishment.
i am the meanest girl ever when it's about me. there's a voice in my brain that constantly tells me that i'm the worst person in the world. i'm mean, annoying, stupid, presumptuous, know-it-all, rude, emotionless. even though i rationally know that, actually, there's nothing wrong with me. i'm not a saint, but i'm not evil.
and i sincerely ask myself, why am i so hard on myself? i wish i could just treat myself the way i treat others.
tw unhealthy coping mechanisms
i love posting motivational quotes and talking about healthy ways to find balance in life and school. but the truth is that my routine looks more like:
neglecting basic needs while working on the assignment because i procrastinated too much
submit the aforementioned assignment
rotting in my bed until further notice
❥﹒♡﹒☕﹒ 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘁; this is my personal way of coping with burnout, it may not work for you, but feel free to share in the comments the things that make you feel better when you feel this way ( blogger's note at the end of the post ).
𝟭. recognize the signs ( 🏳️ )
the moment of denial is over. i know, burnouts always come at the worst times when you have upcoming exams and a thousand things to do, but ignoring it won't get you anywhere, on the contrary, it will only prolong the worst, so recognizing and accepting the signs of burnout is the first step to getting out of it. if you don't end it, it'll end you, right? some common symptoms of burnout are exhaustion, excessive irritability, hormonal imbalances, change in appetite (too much or too little), sleep irregularities, increase in nervous tics.
𝟮. take time off ( 🫧 )
allow yourself to rest and recharge by taking a break from work or other stressors. depending on the severity of the burnout you may need an afternoon, or perhaps a couple of days to recover, it's not important, the important thing is that you reserve some deep rest that can really recharge you to start studying/working again. put off all non-essential tasks, put your phone on do not disturb mode and allow your brain to rest. if you have slept little in the previous days, taking a nap will not be bad.
𝟯. set boundaries + practice self care ( 🌱 )
establish clear boundaries between work and personal life to prevent burnout from reoccurring. prioritize activities that promote physical and mental well-being, such as exercise, meditation, and hobbies. i personally love taking care of my body doing beauty treatments that make me feel better about myself. i also deep clean my room and change my bedsheets, if it's true that the mess in our room is a reflection of the mess in our mind i can't see why it can't go both ways: removing the mess from my room is like cleaning my head from the stress in it.
𝟰. rearrange priorities ( 🐝 )
delegate everything you can delegate, you can't do everything alone and it's normal to seek support from colleagues and family. reorganize yourself so you have a plan to follow as soon as you recharge your batteries. ask yourself what led to burnout, was it the workload? in that case breaking it into smaller tasks could make it less onerous. maybe it was it's difficulty? maybe asking for help or using some time for additional research might work. in short, prepare a realistic scheme to follow to tackle the task.
𝟱. seek support ( ❣️ )
talk to friends, family, or a therapist about your feelings and experiences to gain perspective and emotional support.
𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 hi everyone, it's no secret that i've posted very little in the last week, but unfortunately i experienced a bad burnout that incapacitated me for a few days. family circumstances, academic stress and the arrival of spring have added up to take away the strength to do anything from me, but i'm here to recover and here is a simple guide that i always follow when i find myself in these situations. on the one hand i'm happy tho, it's my first burnout since i started university, eight months ago now, i remember that when i was in high school they were much more frequent and long, i feel i've become much more stable.
Hii I just saw you post about how to reduce screen time and I don't know if it'll help you but are some things that seem to be working for me.
• Uninstall social media apps that you spend to much time in. You can still access them through the browser, but it takes more effort and it'll stop you from ramdomly opening them to scroll.
• I use the app forest, you set a timer for the amount of time you want to NOT use your phone and it starts planting a tree. If you enter another app during that time your tree dies :(( which for me works because I don't want the tree to die even if it's a virtual one. I use this maily when I'm in class or at night when I should be sleeping, rather than when I'm stidying, but it still works.
• Carry a book around. Sometimes you'll be able to make yourself read it instead of looking at social media.
The most important thing to me has been to change things gradually, if not it can be too much at the same time and I end up going back to old habits. Hope this helps :))
this is so useful 🙏 thank you very much. i'll leave it here for anyone who needs it.
I want to quit my freaking job. It's absolute hell. Walmart is paying 14.50 and it's still not enough. You can't pay me enough to have an existential crisis every time I think about my job. It's not worth it. I can't keep up with the speed and accuracy they require. I can only do one or the other, and they're probably going to eventually fire me if I don't quit. I'm so tired. I'll burn myself out soon if I don't quit.
I’ve never understood how people can just be like “you know I feel like drawing today” and then they just. Do?? Like I need to plan a whole thing to even get the motivation to draw and it just wow, I admire those people so much
it sucks when you don't know if you have artblock, burnout or pre-peroid cramps fucking the mood up
I want to see everything you built turn to ashes. Those ashes will be the ink I will paint your history with.
Here’s a Berry Goblin Boy and an Inconvenienced Vampire! (Decapitation/gore warning for slides 3&4) . . . Those little seeds on the berry boy just about killed me . . . #art #artistsoninstagram #goblin #vampire #traditionalart #strawberry #fairy #fae #occult #burnout https://www.instagram.com/p/CBuUmk4nS9T/?igshid=1787sy2n9rbb0
sometimes i feel sad but then i remember i can distract myself
with homework of course what else
*nervously ignores looming burnout*
Character Question 4
What makes them laugh out loud?
Bella: She loves watching and discussing “childish” shows. It's a guarantee you will get some sort of passionate reaction out of her. She will laugh, she will cry, she will shout. It's gonna be a fun time for sure.
Freddie: It's not exactly a funny thing, but he typically has a sort of manic relieved laugh after finishing a particularly tedious project. The last thing will click into place and he'll cackle a bit, most likely before slumping onto his desk and sleeping for 16 hours straight. If the project is too dangerous or fragile, he'll get up and stagger to the nearest soft surface and then collapse. Sometimes he doesn't make it and will crumple to the floor.
Zach: It's not hard to get him to laugh. Tried and true ways include inside jokes, video game shenanigans, and painful fails on the field that are usually closely followed by him rushing up to the injured person with a first aid kit and sending people to get help. However, he is happiest with Ethan, his cousin and childhood best friend. He loves messing around with him. One of his favorite things is hanging out in their treehouse at their grandparents’ place. They'll disappear up there for hours, only reappearing briefly to get food
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step" —
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Something I made while dealing with my own stuff and hoping drawing this would pick me up somehow. Maybe it worked.
FT my cat. His name is Mischief
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