Can associate with all your points. As if they were mine. Remains the comforting fact you’re not the only one feeling like this and going through ‘those’ snow storms of creativity!😊👍🏻
Thank you so much for your comment Luz! I don't even know if I should say I am happy or sad for us, I assume both are accurate. Good we are not alone, bad we are dealing with the wintry winds!
Thank you so much for sharing! So incredibly relatable.
The book “The Big Leap” by Gay Hendricks explains this phenomenon in detail and how we can climb this scary big mountain- one tiny step at a time
(sometimes I’m good at it and I get ahead with my memoir and sometimes it feels like one step forward & two back (the sick 🤒 thing is fascinating - how its the best tactic of the lizard brain to shut down the progress that it perceives as “danger”)
I like to use the Artist’s Way as my inspiration - however, with ADHD it’s never a linear journey :)
It gives me tremendous comfort to know I’m not the only one dealing with this struggle - and even more fascinating to me is the fact that even a novel can cause the same bodily reaction! (I thought only a memoir because it brings up trauma from the past and my brain may innocently try to “protect” me from the pain)
Hello Shifra, thank you so much for sharing also! I know the Artist's Way, indeed a great book. I will have to look up the other suggestion. Yeah it is a fascinating reaction, sadly also very counter productive and annoying, but what can we do? Just push on and actively work to surpass it!
Maybe the time just isn't right for a novel. I wrote one, and the process was great, but the end product? I'm not so sure. I learned so much from the experience. And if I ever get the time and inclination again, I might write another one. If you saw writing a novel as just a practice run, would that take some of the pressure off?
Such a great song, thank you so much Diana! Yeah, thinking at it as a trial run might take some of the pressure off and make it better. Food for thought! To be fair I would be just happy and proud to have written a book of my own! Thank you so much for sharing!
I admire you for slogging away despite these mysterious blocks. I am sure there is an answer to resolving the issue, though I can't say what! I know I have similar only sometimes it seems there is a wave that if I catch it will take me over a hump but that doesn't happen very often.
Can associate with all your points. As if they were mine. Remains the comforting fact you’re not the only one feeling like this and going through ‘those’ snow storms of creativity!😊👍🏻
Thank you so much for your comment Luz! I don't even know if I should say I am happy or sad for us, I assume both are accurate. Good we are not alone, bad we are dealing with the wintry winds!
Tell me the one about Lily's Leprechaun again! Please!
You are so kind Paul! Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing! So incredibly relatable.
The book “The Big Leap” by Gay Hendricks explains this phenomenon in detail and how we can climb this scary big mountain- one tiny step at a time
(sometimes I’m good at it and I get ahead with my memoir and sometimes it feels like one step forward & two back (the sick 🤒 thing is fascinating - how its the best tactic of the lizard brain to shut down the progress that it perceives as “danger”)
I like to use the Artist’s Way as my inspiration - however, with ADHD it’s never a linear journey :)
It gives me tremendous comfort to know I’m not the only one dealing with this struggle - and even more fascinating to me is the fact that even a novel can cause the same bodily reaction! (I thought only a memoir because it brings up trauma from the past and my brain may innocently try to “protect” me from the pain)
Thank you again 🙏
Hello Shifra, thank you so much for sharing also! I know the Artist's Way, indeed a great book. I will have to look up the other suggestion. Yeah it is a fascinating reaction, sadly also very counter productive and annoying, but what can we do? Just push on and actively work to surpass it!
Hi Alina, I write because I have to too.
Maybe the time just isn't right for a novel. I wrote one, and the process was great, but the end product? I'm not so sure. I learned so much from the experience. And if I ever get the time and inclination again, I might write another one. If you saw writing a novel as just a practice run, would that take some of the pressure off?
Here's a song that the title of your post brought to mind. I think it's brilliant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oLtL_S3Fng
Such a great song, thank you so much Diana! Yeah, thinking at it as a trial run might take some of the pressure off and make it better. Food for thought! To be fair I would be just happy and proud to have written a book of my own! Thank you so much for sharing!
I admire you for slogging away despite these mysterious blocks. I am sure there is an answer to resolving the issue, though I can't say what! I know I have similar only sometimes it seems there is a wave that if I catch it will take me over a hump but that doesn't happen very often.
You are so kind Sarah, thank you so much!