I have learned to make friends with rest, and that sleep is so so important to my well-being. After burning out from overwork, I don't think I will every push myself in the same way again, and I think that is good news. And for me, and I hear it in what you share too, creativity needs space to drop in...so rest more it is :-)
Oh how women aren’t allowed to rest, but yet our best ideas come from when we do just that? I’ve recently moved to a remote island wjjere we basically don’t have phone signal, and giving my brain a rest from constant stimulation, and it’s worked wonders for creativity! - Side note I’m here from your interview on the travel writing podcast and I loved it, I love hearing people that have said fuck it to normal life, gives me hope that I don’t need to “grow up and get a real job”
Thank you so much for joining me here and thanks for listening to the podcast episode, I truly appreciate the support. And I also believe “growing up and getting a real job” is overrated! I’m thrilled for your now journey on your remote island.
Writing about writing is not easy, but you do it very well. My own version of writing has more to do with pulling my hair out and banging my head on the wall and wrestling with the words, and sometimes I win, and sometimes they win, but each time it is just one more match in a battle that never ends. Your relationship to writing sounds more more peaceful than mine. LOL.
I have learned to make friends with rest, and that sleep is so so important to my well-being. After burning out from overwork, I don't think I will every push myself in the same way again, and I think that is good news. And for me, and I hear it in what you share too, creativity needs space to drop in...so rest more it is :-)
Oh how women aren’t allowed to rest, but yet our best ideas come from when we do just that? I’ve recently moved to a remote island wjjere we basically don’t have phone signal, and giving my brain a rest from constant stimulation, and it’s worked wonders for creativity! - Side note I’m here from your interview on the travel writing podcast and I loved it, I love hearing people that have said fuck it to normal life, gives me hope that I don’t need to “grow up and get a real job”
Thank you so much for joining me here and thanks for listening to the podcast episode, I truly appreciate the support. And I also believe “growing up and getting a real job” is overrated! I’m thrilled for your now journey on your remote island.
Writing about writing is not easy, but you do it very well. My own version of writing has more to do with pulling my hair out and banging my head on the wall and wrestling with the words, and sometimes I win, and sometimes they win, but each time it is just one more match in a battle that never ends. Your relationship to writing sounds more more peaceful than mine. LOL.
LOL, my relationship to writing is definitely a rollercoaster, but it’s a fun ride!