To rebuild your creative confidence post-burnout, you need to rebuild that identity in your work. That means reigniting your spark with creative tasks.
As Emily Haines, lead singer of the band Metric writes:
“The only time that I feel things start to spin out is when I buy into the whole ‘work really hard and then just don’t work at all’ idea…The whole point of being an artist is that it can provide a fluid life.”
Learning how to say no isn’t easy (in work and in life). But it’s a key step if you want to move past creative burnout.
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