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Yesterday I was drafting at a coffee shop and texted my husband, “I’m worried about starting a new job because I feel like I’ll stop writing.” I’m currently at a 9-5 and would just be transitioning to another 9-5, but I’ve been so anxious that this new job will exhaust me and I won’t have the energy to write. This made me feel like that won’t happen!! Thank you 🩷

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I feel SO honored to have introduced a new perspective! I hope your transition is as smooth as it can be and you always find peace in the process of creating :)

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Love this perspective. I feel like I am on the exact same path. Creative rest is absolutely the goal for my substack too. It's about the journey not the destination ❤️

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I’m so glad we could relate! 🥰 absolutely agree that the process itself should be rewarding.

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This felt very poignant for me and the path I've been on lately. I'd unfortunately adopted some ideas about creative work having to be labourious to be valuable. I've been finding lately that ease of expression is actually a sign that my ideas will come across in my work and resonate with my viewers more than laboring over a painting and trying to be "perfect." Thanks for the reminder!

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Oh, I love the way you phrased this! I agree that the things we find most easily conveyed are the ones our audience will find most easily absorbed. Creative work can be as restful as the moment calls for!

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This post spoke to me on so many levels. Thank you so much for sharing this. I hope that things level out for you soon and that all the tribulations you’re experiencing right now pave the way for growth in every avenue of your life 💗

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Thank you so much, Loretta! 🥰 I’m so glad it resonated with you.

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It's interesting, I've been feeling similarly (going through a growth period and feeling the weight of everything around me), but my reaction has been the opposite. Aside from my weekly Substack posts, I seem to be avoiding my creativity. I think it's because I feel like I always have to share what I create, otherwise it's not legitimate, and if it's not "good," it's not worth sharing. It's a terrible cycle, but this post is a great reminder that creativity can be just that and it doesn't have to be a means to an end. Thank you for sharing!

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Thank YOU for sharing your perspective with me! I hear you on worrying that creating sometimes feels more discouraging when the end product doesn’t feel “good” or if we don’t plan to share it. But the process itself deserves our love, and I think if we let it be exactly that—a process—we’ll get a lot more out of it!

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What an interesting perspective, that creativity is a rest of sorts. And I suppose it is, compared to the tedium and monotony of work. Thinking like this suddenly inspires me to write; rather than view my writing as a labour, changing to think of it as rest seems so much more desirable... wow, wow!

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