Hey, thanks for your response to that anon message about fic writers and why they’ve slowed down during this pandemic. For months I’ve been grappling with the fact that I haven’t been writing as much as I used to, and I couldn’t quite figure out why. You just put words to a lot of the things I’m feeling/going through, and thinking of it that way has really decreased some of the pressure I was putting on myself.
Ah, of course! I’m glad it helped. This entire year has just been intense as heck for so many people - and in general, even if it WASN’T 2020, I feel like people overestimate how much they should be able to do when under immense amounts of pressure and stress and dealing with various other life needs.
It’s alright to take a break and just allow yourself to heal and admit that you can’t handle EVERYTHING along with fic-writing and creating content. No one is expected to sing songs when they’re dealing with grief. No one is expected to paint when they’re in pain. It’s good to have an outlet, but also, we DO have our limits.