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Advice: Stop "Absolutist thinking"
Advice: Stop "Absolutist thinking"
"as soon as you tell yourself I must, I have to, I should you will bring on worry, anxiety, panic. There is no law in the universe that says that you must, should or have to do or get what you desire."
redditor: clib
Advice: Stop comparing. "comparison is the thief of joy, and comparing yourself to anyone, never makes you feel better."
Advice: Stop comparing. "comparison is the thief of joy, and comparing yourself to anyone, never makes you feel better."
redditor: recigar
Advice: "Let go of the idea that everything you write will be a masterpiece."
Advice: "Let go of the idea that everything you write will be a masterpiece."
"That always stuck with me. His approach was to wake up every day and write, with no expectation that all of it would be good. This was in stark contrast to my young, inexperienced fantasy that I would somehow just sit down whenever I wanted and have magical things arise. it hadn't yet occurred to me that I was allowed to write things that weren't wonderful."
redditor: YCANTUSTFU
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Advice: "Give yourself a deadline"
Advice: "Give yourself a deadline"
redditor: action_lawyer_comics
"You can always go back and polish it"
"You can always go back and polish it"
redditor: HooglaBadu
Advice: "be kinder to yourself cause you're not those unfriendly words you used you might beat yourself up"
Advice: "be kinder to yourself cause you're not those unfriendly words you used you might beat yourself up"
"...half the world is passing each other on the street and inside every head is a voice telling them they're not good enough"
redditor: ihitrockswithhammers
Advice from the Reddit post: "Create without fear. Reminders for the Anxious/Depressed Creatives"
Advice from the Reddit post: "Create without fear. Reminders for the Anxious/Depressed Creatives"
redditor: proseccopls
https://www.reddit.com/r/GetMotivated/comments/axcd76/image_create_without_fear/
Advice: "Most people don't notice the small things that you may find bothersome. If you let some flaws happen you will learn and do better next time, while still being able to produce whatever it is that you love."
Advice: "Most people don't notice the small things that you may find bothersome. If you let some flaws happen you will learn and do better next time, while still being able to produce whatever it is that you love."
redditor: elephant[...]
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"There are two types of depressed/anxious creatives"
"There are two types of depressed/anxious creatives"
"these bullet points apply more to the former than the latter"
redditor: FaxTax
Type 1: "those who overwork themselves"
Type 1: "those who overwork themselves"
redditor: FaxTax
Type 2: "those who have trouble finding motivation to do much at all" or struggle to start
Type 2: "those who have trouble finding motivation to do much at all" or struggle to start
redditor: FaxTax
Combo of both: "I’m either working my ass off or recovering from working my ass off. No balance here."
Combo of both: "I’m either working my ass off or recovering from working my ass off. No balance here."
redditor: lollyshoppy
Advice: Give yourself concrete time goals and track your progress in a journal. "Quality will come with practice."
Advice: Give yourself concrete time goals and track your progress in a journal. "Quality will come with practice."
redditor: action_lawyer_comics
Advice: Check for undiagnosed ADHD with a psychiatrist
Advice: Check for undiagnosed ADHD with a psychiatrist
redditor: limitbroken
Advice for students: Turn it in regardless of whether it's finished
Advice for students: Turn it in regardless of whether it's finished
"I turned in a bullet point outline I wrote for a paper that was due and still got some credit and was able to go back and rewrite it after a conversation with the professor."
redditor: elephant[...]
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"Perfectionism" is the most called out problem
"Perfectionism" is the most called out problem
"I've got something simple I've been trying to finish for months. I simplified down so so much and it's not even hard but it's not pro, it's not perfect and it's like swimming against a giant wave to try and convince myself not to"
redditor: Rheyik
"It's harder to put out crap than to hide perfection"
"It's harder to put out crap than to hide perfection"
redditor: TjPshine
Advice: "if and when you start feeling like you squandered your time stop yourself and evaluate the areas that you've grown."
Advice: "if and when you start feeling like you squandered your time stop yourself and evaluate the areas that you've grown."
"I see way too many people saying “every moment not starting is a moment longer until you get where you want to be” and for me, that is not encouraging. It’s like the reverse of sunk-cost-fallacy, it makes me feel like I’ve wasted my time, but I haven’t. The outlines and stories I came up with two years ago don’t hold a candle to the ones I’ve come up with now. I have a really personal passion project I was planning in my head that always felt a little off, a little immature, but now I’ve been able to rework into its true form. The time I spent dicking around, afraid to start, wasn’t wasted. I grew, and although some skills didn’t grow during that time, other, less noticeable ones did"
redditor: anxietycreative
Advice: Keep the stuff that isn't perfect and return to it later after you have new talent, techniques, and ideas.
Advice: Keep the stuff that isn't perfect and return to it later after you have new talent, techniques, and ideas.
(paraphrased)
redditor: Kcmo907
Advice: "Finish it and show people" you trust to get feedback to help you improve
Advice: "Finish it and show people" you trust to get feedback to help you improve
redditor: elephant[...]
Advice: "perfection is probably the #1 enemy of being successful."

"If you're not embarrassed by the first version you release, you waited too long,"
Advice: "perfection is probably the #1 enemy of being successful."

"If you're not embarrassed by the first version you release, you waited too long,"
redditor: recardoandmortimer
Advice: "Create something you enjoy creating as a first step, not necessarily something you enjoy consuming."  "As soon as you make something, no matter how bad, you have a foundation to build on."
Advice: "Create something you enjoy creating as a first step, not necessarily something you enjoy consuming."  "As soon as you make something, no matter how bad, you have a foundation to build on."
"I eventually managed to write a 80,000 word novel- a fucking terrible one at that- but a whole damn novel." "...it was because it was bad that I was able to do it. It wasn’t that I was settling for it to be “not good” as the post says (because that’s mostly a tip for continuing a project more than starting but it does apply to both), but that I was able to start because I never intended to do anything with it. I was pleasure writing, for myself, in my free time because it was fun and I wanted to do it. It was like picking up a video game or a book or a movie and consuming it because it felt nice to do."
redditor: anxietycreative
Advice: "Start off tiny, and use the motivation-bump to 'upgrade.'
Paint a grain of rice. Write stories about a clump of dust rolling under a couch. Play a five-second song about what drinking coffee feels like. Then just build up from there"
Advice: "Start off tiny, and use the motivation-bump to 'upgrade.'
Paint a grain of rice. Write stories about a clump of dust rolling under a couch. Play a five-second song about what drinking coffee feels like. Then just build up from there"
redditor: ShamelessSoaDAShill
Advice: "it's ok to make something just for you that no one will see as a way to recharge..."
Advice: "it's ok to make something just for you that no one will see as a way to recharge..."
redditor: geoffbowman
Types of
creatives
Types of
creatives
problem for both
problem for both
if everyone else seems
to have their stuff together
if everyone else seems
to have their stuff together
"Not everything you make has to be important, significant, or even good."
"Not everything you make has to be important, significant, or even good."
redditor: proseccopls
if you're calling yourself
unkind words
if you're calling yourself
unkind words
like redditor: deadprincessrising
"You can make things
 just for yourself."
"You can make things
 just for yourself."
redditor: proseccopls
"if you do that and you find yourself paralyzed staring at a blank paper..."
"if you do that and you find yourself paralyzed staring at a blank paper..."
redditor: limitbroken
"You're more than what
you make"
"You're more than what
you make"
redditor: proseccopls
if you feel burnt out
if you feel burnt out
If you're feeling guilty and discouraged about not starting
If you're feeling guilty and discouraged about not starting
If you don't feel equipped enough to start
If you don't feel equipped enough to start

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