"CathyTea;14909085" wrote:
And...
I can use some encouragement and suggestions!
I think I want to discover how I feel... so first, I'll just share.
I'm in my second year of blogging. The first year was so intense, so full of inspiration, and so fast! I posted nearly every day, with nearly 500 posts during the first year! I never ran out of energy to post, and somehow, every day, I found the time to write! I must have written over 500,000 words!
Now, this second year... things are slower. I'm in a challenging astrological transit until Octoberish, which seems to slow down and restrict my creativity, my expressions, my inspiration, and my understanding of my aesthetic values.
Ok... so now I've just discovered how I feel, which is "slowed down and restricted." (The specific transit is Saturn conjunct Natal Moon/opposite Natal Venus, for those of you who think in terms of astrological energy.)
And now that I've discovered how I feel, I'd love some advice, suggestions, encouragement, and sharing!
How can I make the most out of this time of slowing down and feeling restricted, so that by the time I come out of this epoch in late October, I will feel that I've gained from it?
How have you profitably used and grown from your own times of creative slowdown and restriction?
@CathyTea: I feel like @AdamsEve1231 answered this beautifully, but I have a lot of experiences with feeling slowed down creatively.
And it kind of fits into things I have to vent about on my own side, but more on that later!
So I'm kind of in the same place right now (for very different reasons), and I've been trying to use the time to at least keep my mind productive and experience more, instead of waiting it out and idling. I've reconnected with a few old friends, I try to go to the nearest city once a week, try to read more SimLit because others seem to be doing just fine with producing it, and I charted out some new walking routes near my house some months ago so I can go on "thinking walks".
I savor any idea that comes during those times, so write down everything that comes to mind. You might not have the most populated list for inspiration, but you have
something to show for it.
Same goes for writing and posting your stuff. Take advantage of whenever you feel like you're in the right mindset to do it. Again, it's better to have less than usual than to have literally nothing.
