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Why Creative Burnout Is So Common

  • Constant output without replenishment
  • Measuring worth by productivity or progress
  • The gap between your production and your taste
  • Not understanding that reading and writing are totally different experiences
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Creative Burnout — Rest

Stepping back from creative identity pressure

Creating space where creativity is not required

Allowing interest to lie dormant without guilt

Examples

  • Take a nap
  • Doing hobbies with no audience or outcome
  • Letting a project rest without forcing progress
  • Work on something else
Speaker Notes
You want the experience to be that of a reader. But you are having the experince of a writer.
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