#stagnancy

[lokavisi]

The image I'm getting here is of people sitting under a ridge or in a cave in a snowy landscape while a blustering snow storm rolls through. The idea is that while these people aren't able to traverse the terrain, they are still able to move around in their little enclaves to take care of themselves while they wait for conditions to change.

Something may be halting your progress or movement in relation to your big picture, but that doesn't mean you can't be making progress regarding smaller details or find meaningful things to do in the mean time. Remember that a moment of apparent stagnancy can actually provide you with the opportunity you need prepare for what's ahead. Even if it doesn't feel like it's helping you in the long term, trust that your experiences now will ultimately help you get to where you're trying to go. Take care of yourself while the storm rolls through, then you'll be ready to go once it passes.

Do not try to stop the storm from coming. Trying to fight the storm just leaves you out in it, which means you're more likely to be taken by it. You can't stop the storm from coming, so hunker down and take care of yourself to make sure you make it another day. Don't fight whatever it is that's keeping you still for the moment. Let it be and wait for it to pass. In this instance, it is better to survive than die trying to fight the inevitable.

[superxstarzz]

Yoo could I get a parasite of stagnancy :>?(the theif+primce and void+light?)

here ya go!!!

[env0writes]

Before the Fall 6.1.23 "When Will It Be Today?"

June is here so soon, May’s through before it’s noon Breakfast skipped for brunch with friends to munch Prideful mirth of self worth Race beneath the sweating sun, outlast alighted one How have we reached this midpoint, approaching our midsummer Nights are for those who dream, out past beyond the mind’s seam Chase queue cutting few Save a spot for a friend, near, is the end Summer is here before spring’s first sting Bumblebee’s floral trip and stumble How the days fly just the same ways Too soon, friendship boon retreats with the tide Sun’s high, no shade to hide beneath a lie Where did the trees, leaves, and green things go? Brown are the frowns and the towns driven through Here is the first, if not the worst? Beginnings are hard, new ones slow to start Wishful, we’re thinking of midday drinking Enjoy it while it lasts Too tired of tomorrow’s skipping yesterday Today is for loving, is for living

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[macabregoddess]

[thethirdbear]

[cowsparsley]

ID below!

[ID: A four panel diary comic drawn in a teal blue palette. There is a connected drawing of a river, pond and spring broken up by the panel frames. Each panel has its own caption.

Panel 1: The caption reads “I feel like I’m getting back on track”. Below is a drawing of a stream with long sweeping bends that grows thinner as it leads to the next panel.

Panel 2: The caption reads “...after a long stagnant month.” Pictured is a stagnant pond with a dam of stones blocking the river on panel one. There are cracks in the stones and a light spray trickles down. From the pond numerous bubbles rise, and a second channel leads down to the fourth panel.

Panel 3: Captioned: “I’m starting to take care of myself again”. Pictured below is a bursting spring, with a small stream spiralling it, leading to the fourth panel. 

Panel 4: Captioned: “and get back into the rhythm of managing symptoms & routine.”. Pictured is a much more regular section of the steam with two long even curves that lead back up to the pond in panel 2. End ID] 

[eyesof]

Updates on "Books I Am Reading": On Stagnancy, Overconsuming and Procrastination

So...from January to April I have posted the out loud promise to myself that I would read what is now a total of 5 books. I was supposed to complete them for each month and got completely overwhelmed with the idea of reading that I didn't. I kept pushing back and pushing back, and adding a new book still to continue the new month while completing the book of the last month.

I am going to take my time and reintroduce myself to the practice of reading.

This year is lined up to be a reflective and introspective one. I am digging into myself and simultaneously trying to put out and share my truths with the world through various digital platforms. For over a decade I have been lost to myself due to multiple forms of anxiety, self hate in three layers and long term depression.

One thing I don't thing people talk about much is how when you treat your depression and are seemingly better, you have lost so much time in regards to the things you used to do and loved to do. I draw at the same level I did when I was 10-11. I am 25. 14-15 of artistic stagnancy is something I have to live with and push past. I have to forgive myself when I compare myself to the 14 year old who has a set style or the other 25 year old who has never stopped drawing since a kid and now can switch between art styles and draw from simplistically to caricatured to hyper-realism.

I also have to come to terms with having patience over guilt with the other things I loved to do: reading and writing. If I want to have these things I have to not let those lost years eat me. If I want to perfect these things I have to practice.

It may feel like I am starting from zero after all this time but it is okay.

Apart of me knows that by focusing on arbitrary time limits on reading and writing a check list to cross out I am intentionally running away from DOING. I am procrastination on the things that I currently am capable of, and for what? Fear? Of what?

Perfection.

I am over consuming on research and methods of thinking so that I can perfect thinking...when I should just take the time and think. Then I take too much time with that because I think the thinking isn't finished, the thoughts aren't realized, so I can't possibly then speak! Or write!

I have been stagnant and I should not be letting this be so for another day. I am not in the years of 10 through 22. I have my ups and downs with my mental health but there is no cure for these things - only time, care and treatment.

I have to stop overconsuming to figure out the perfect way to then create. I just have to take the first step and create.

I have to be done procrastinating. Done-done.

I'm done.

[slikkyslim]

dreams come and go,

and i stay.