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brandygang 03-28-2015 08:49 PM

Process, how do you deal with a lack of Motivation?
 
This has been a long time coming, since I've been visiting this site on and off for about 3 years now. I always thought that by now, at this point in time I'd have long made an impact in this community with my efforts. Maybe not a huge one, or even one notable but, at the very least I wanted to get my ideas out there and contribute something of worth to artists, writers and fetishist. Regardless of how it was received, if at all, even having tried and done so would've been good enough for me.

But throughout the years I find myself continually suffering from ennui and dryspells. It never feels like a lack of inspiration or creativity so much as a lack of will to implement it. I'll get ahead of myself with hefty ideas and stories, carried away with projects I know I cannot finish, only to plop out if I can even begin. I'll say it's time to finally teach myself to draw properly every week or another, only to barely make any progress (That's been ongoing for roughly a decade now, it's tiring). It never ends up happening, atleast not without finding myself quitting generally as soon as I start. The fatigue drags on, and it never seems to wear down.

How do you deal with what seems like neverending droughts of motivation sucking at your muses?

qzar9999 03-28-2015 09:27 PM

Re: Process, how do you deal with a lack of Motivation?
 
Personally, I've always found one of three things to assist when I'm feeling burned out.

1) Force yourself to sit down and work on it anyway. Throw on some good music (I do love Pandora), refuse to allow yourself any distractions, and just make yourself do something--anything--that advances your goal.

2) Work on something else. You'll still feel productive without feeling like you're hitting a wall, and maybe once you've got some of your side project completed you can return your focus to the main thing you wanna do.

3) Take a break. Give yourself a few days to a week where you just don't think about it at all. Marathon some movies, beat a video game, read a good book--do something that doesn't involve what you're trying to work on. You may come back to it feeling refreshed and ready.

Prof_Sai 03-30-2015 12:08 PM

Re: Process, how do you deal with a lack of Motivation?
 
The trick is to find something more important than what you actually want to do. Try to focus on doing that, and you will end up procrastinating it by doing the thing you wanted to do in the first place.


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