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End-of-the-year fatigue...
11 years ago
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...or at least that's how it feels like for me. As we're moving closer and closer towards the holidays I'm starting to feel completely burned out. No idea if it has to do with the long shifts at work I've been assigned to this month, the short dark days, the weather... but when I'm home I just want to do nothing but lying in my bed all day and doze around aimlessly. X3 And... err... yeah, I don't think anyone noticed, but I haven't even half-finished the Jolson & Jones page that was supposed to be out last Monday. *g* It's just not that I hardly had any time to work on it, I also didn't feel for drawing it. And it's not the fault of lack of inspiration or something like that, I'm just generally strung out from pretty much everything right now. I hope to finish it for next Monday, though. But after that I think it'll be it for the two wolves this year. Because more or less right after that I'll be away visiting my family over Christmas and will have even LESS time to work on the comic. Might do some sketchbook stuff at least, though. But bottom line is that my mind needs to take a rest from coming up with panel arrangements and how to squeez bits of narrative into an at least somewhat self-contained comic page. X3 You won't believe how much time this kind of thing eats up. And I'm just an amateur by the very word of it. I don't even want to know how the pros deal with this kind of stuff day in day out! D: (But then again that's their job full-time... and not a silly hobby they're acting out when they return home at the end of the day. *g*)
Ahwell... Ramblerambleramble... Just want to explain my current lack of updates. :3 Might upload a few sketchbook things I haven't put up here yet, though.
Anyway, how well are you doing right now, at this very tail end of the year? :3 Are you exhausted as I am? Or are you overflowing with energy and don't know where to spend it all? :D
Ahwell... Ramblerambleramble... Just want to explain my current lack of updates. :3 Might upload a few sketchbook things I haven't put up here yet, though.
Anyway, how well are you doing right now, at this very tail end of the year? :3 Are you exhausted as I am? Or are you overflowing with energy and don't know where to spend it all? :D
Don't fret too much about it man, just enjoy what time off you have! Even if it's just being a lazy dragon ;3
But yeah, what you described pretty much hits the nail on its head. Whenever I'm just sitting around for a minute doing nothing, or at best merely watching a movie, I instantly feel guilty because I'm not doing anything "productive". X( It's really hard to relax properly when your mind is constantly nagging you with "But actually you should be doing X and Y!"-thoughts that make you feel as if you're wasting time. Wish I could turn that off so I could turn myself off. X3
I've recently tried editing while standing, and it's helped me be a little more productive. My legs grow tired after a couple hours, but I don't feel so lazy haha
Kopf hoch, ich habe fast jedes Jahr das Problem, dass ich ab ca. Sep-Okt in ein Art Depression verfalle - aktuell hab ich noch das Problem, dass ich an der vom letzten Jahr nage.
Ist es bei dir ein Problem der Motivation oder ehr, dass du Dinge tust, dennoch das Gefühl hast, nichts geschafft zu haben?
Gruß und halt die Ohren steif!
Jedenfalls... Motivation ist eigentlich schon vorhanden (auch jetzt gerade), aber gerade die letzten 3 bis 4 Monate hatte ich eigentlich nie so recht einen einzigen Tag gahebt an dem ich mich nicht vollständig ausruhen und mal die Seele baumeln lassen konnte weil ich immer irgendwas machen musste oder zumindest etwas geplant hatte. Und ich denke mal dass mich das jetzt gerade in dieser einen Woche etwas einholt und deswsegen nur geplättet auf dem Bett liege. ^^''
Das Gefühl NICHTS geschafft zu haben habe ich zwar nicht... aber eher das Gefühl zu wenig geschafft zu haben. Aber nun gut, man kann auch nichts erzwingen; erst recht nicht wenn der Tag nur so wenig Stunden hat und man daher auch nur begrenzt Zeit hat. Immerhin habe ich schon mal mehr geschafft als in den Jahren zuvor; und das was ich geschafft habe ist schon mal ne gute Ausgangsbasis für das nächste Jahr. Glaube ich. Denke ich. Oder so.
Aber... holla... was war denn am letzten Herbst so schlimm dass du bis heute noch damit zu kämpfen hast? o.o Hat das vielleicht auch mit nicht erreichten Zielen oder so zu tun? Oder mit anderen Dingen?
So, nun aber, Nacht du!
Und nachtnacht, Nudel!