okay so this has been absolutely eating at me for like the past *looks at watch* too long now so i think i'm gonna finally say something about it
so like i've at least started like... three things that i feel like people definitely wanted to see and that i promised i would work on and then just... haven't recently? (lmk fanfics and tpwp manga) and i kinda wanted to like..... explain why? (or at least theorize cause idk what the fuck is going on lmao)
so i've had issues with like, focusing on longer project like that for a loooong while, since i hit like middle school i think. cause i used to be able to do them when i was younger to an extent but, for some reason it just got worse. and its like even worse now than it has been like period
like its even bad with stuff i wanna do, even extending to tasks in video games which is nuts. its like my brain wants to do it, and has a list of the responsibilities/tasks i need to do, but i get so overwhelmed just thinking about it that i just..... can't??? its like my brain's on fast forward but my body's on pause ig sjflkjsd
so here's my running theories:
a. i possibly also have adhd and might need meds, but that would require testing (reason i think this is because its been brought up by a professional recently) first
b. the situation that i have discussed before is still kinda happening and the lack of motivation is even worse due to it
and/or c. hyperfixating is a bitch and when it decides to leave a fandom its gonna take a hot second to even wanna make something for that fandom again
along with these yk there's the fun thing of school being, yk, school, plus i'm possibly getting a job and what not so i'll have less free time than before
i feel really reallly bad about not being able to keep these promises that i've made, especially to the extent that i've wanted to keep them, but it's becoming increasingly obvious that my mind is just.... too unpredictable for that. i still want to work on these projects and will when my brain allows me to, but i just don't know when that will be yet
i don't want you guys to think that i'm bored with it or don't like it, especially the og creators of the ideas that i got inspired by (in the case of tpwp manga and lmk howl's moving castle fic), i promise you guys those both still live in my head rent free, but i got some stuff to figure out before i can like... do it. its weird and frustrating for me too, trust me
i just wanted to let you guys know that i cannot keep professional schedules and stuff with these things because of this. i hope it'll get better once solutions are found, but finding solutions immediately is kind of difficult right now, so i'm just gonna have to take things case by case. this will mean that updates will possibly be incredibly, incredibly slow, but unfortunately that's just kinda what i'm working with right now.
i wanna maybe start working on this by trying to make more short-form works in the meantime, like art and writing in general. i also wanna make sure i'm not just drawing because i feel like its expected of me too (which, i know its not, but mental health is a bitch), and drawing what i want and what comes natural to me in the moment than what i think people want from me, i guess. idk. all of this stuff to say (which might be more about me than you'd ever want to know jdlfksj) that updates are sparatic, i promise i still care, but things are weird in my brain and the world around me
so uhhh yeah, just wanted to say this. i'm hoping it'll at least make the loudness in my brain just a lil bit quieter for now (again wanna clarify no one's led me to make this but myself; i just really feel guilty about it honestly jslfsdjf)
and uhhhhhh hopefully my shit posting will keep you guys entertained in the meantime lmao