I’ve got a design to finish by the end of the week for a contest, and I’m psyching myself out.
The creative paralysis seems to be getting worse.
I need to lie down.
I’ve got a design to finish by the end of the week for a contest, and I’m psyching myself out.
The creative paralysis seems to be getting worse.
I need to lie down.
This is more of a meta-item—it manifests itself in many of my other goals. But here’s the breakdown of the bad messages and the things I’m doing to respond to them:
art is not something you should go into: currently planning to rebuild my portfolio and create a graphic novel
music is not something you should work too hard at: get back into playing violin; learn to sing; learn to write songs
you’re fat/ugly: hoping to do nude modeling again, as well as a bdsm photo shoot
you are incapable of “real” love: see item “mend a broken heart” (added bonus: this was also a message my fucknut ex tried to reinforce)
you don’t have enough friends: screw that, I have hobbies.
you’re not spending enough time on the “important” things: see items “learn Quenya”, learn “Anglo-Saxon”, etc.
you’re not really left-handed: see item “become ambidextrous”
you’re not capable of making your own decisions: okay, this one’s going to take a lot of work. It’s lodged in there pretty deep.