Striking A Balance

Wax On and Wax Off

Overworking. It’s a thing. While it’s important to stay committed to your goals, you’re not doing anyone any favors if you burn yourself out while pursuing your passion. And writing should be a passion, dear reader, not a slog.

We’ve All Been There

Yes, you will have to work at it (a lot) but even if you aspire to be, or already are, a full time writer you will need to stop and smell the roses every once and awhile. Take a moment to unwind. Watch a movie, play a videogame, read a book, watch paint dry. You can stare off into the empty void of space as long as it lets your mind rest.

If this feels like cheating yourself it isn’t (as long as you don’t pull the freshman mistake of letting taking a break turn into full blown procrastination). If you’re truly worried about loss of productivity while you, you know, actually enjoy your life then try this: you can actually have your subconscious work while your active brain relaxes. I know. #lifehacks. I’ll take that Nobel prize now.

All jokes aside that is a viable strategy. It may seem weird at first but sometimes the best way you can unravel the gordian knot facing your narrative is to, well, not think about it too much. With some practice you’ll be able to push the problem to the back of your mind (not out of it, mind you, just out of the forefront of thought) and enjoy your rest and relaxation while your subconcious self muddles over that problem like white blood cells attacking a virus. Before you know it WHAM you’ll blink and have the answer you’ve been stewing over for the past few days/weeks/months.

Mental health is no joke so try and master this trick to stay healthy, happy, and creative!

Wake up, kick ass, and repeat until done.

A Little Petty Revenge Also Works