The Pressure to Always be Creating

In January I always find myself in rut, and it cant be coincidence. I bust my ass every year to make sure its better than the last, not only when it comes to art but my career and lifestyle as well.

As an artist I find myself pressured to always have new piece or product and if I don’t I feel like a failure or not good enough and social media is no help. I find myself comparing to other creators on every platform, “I don’t have as many followers” or “maybe its because I am not posting enough or my work isn’t nearly as good . .” are thoughts they consume me, my brain is the big bitch who bullies me constantly and quite frankly I have had enough.

I think January is really tough for me personally beause I am thinking about the previous year “did I do enough last year?” and “what is next for this year” but I think this year I am going to break the cycle and stop the january rut and just simply try my best and my best is enough, of course I have goals just like anyone else but I am deciding to ease up on the pressure to create. I want my best work out there and the easiest way to do that is stand up to mean big mean brain and say “hey its ok if we didnt create anything this week”. Always thanks for listening to very short ted talk.