Congratulations dear Ruta, not just for completing and celebrating your creative dream, but also for such a clear-eyed review and sharing of what you have learned.
I recognise my own creative journey in just about everything you have named. One of the things I've needed to learn and relearn is to really go an extra mile in allowing myself to hibernate and resource after completing creative projects.
For many years it would be a subconscious fear that I would never be able to create anything again if I didn't force myself back into activity that would drive me into premature return. That, and being committed to an identity of 'in service to the world' would have me letting go of my own needs and boundaries in a toxic process of self deception. Hearing from others how valuable what I had offered was to them became a siren call in my life: a justification to 'return now' because the world needed me! Hah!
I burned out seriously in my early forties, and even struggled again with burnout in my sixties. A slow learner...
I celebrate that you recognise so much about your process and that you are willing to share it as a model for others. As I read you, I feel I see evolution at work - and play! Enjoy the pause 💚
Dear Midi, it feels like you have written this while in conversation with my spirit guides. I am sitting down today, looking at the second iteration of Headwaters. Short on sleep last night, and I've just been journalling how tired I feel. How not ready I feel to re-start. Reading your comment almost made my eyes swell up and my heart tremble. You wrote what I felt deep down but could not articulate in any way, and the timing of your message feels truly divine. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💚 I will take it as a serious sign to rest a bit deeper, further. 💚 Thank you for the kindness you have shared, always with us. <333 The animus is still tired, it must be lulled by the fire in a small hut by the forest. xxx
Your writing course was amazing! Thank you so much for all the things you shared with us ✨
Congratulations dear Ruta, not just for completing and celebrating your creative dream, but also for such a clear-eyed review and sharing of what you have learned.
I recognise my own creative journey in just about everything you have named. One of the things I've needed to learn and relearn is to really go an extra mile in allowing myself to hibernate and resource after completing creative projects.
For many years it would be a subconscious fear that I would never be able to create anything again if I didn't force myself back into activity that would drive me into premature return. That, and being committed to an identity of 'in service to the world' would have me letting go of my own needs and boundaries in a toxic process of self deception. Hearing from others how valuable what I had offered was to them became a siren call in my life: a justification to 'return now' because the world needed me! Hah!
I burned out seriously in my early forties, and even struggled again with burnout in my sixties. A slow learner...
I celebrate that you recognise so much about your process and that you are willing to share it as a model for others. As I read you, I feel I see evolution at work - and play! Enjoy the pause 💚
Dear Midi, it feels like you have written this while in conversation with my spirit guides. I am sitting down today, looking at the second iteration of Headwaters. Short on sleep last night, and I've just been journalling how tired I feel. How not ready I feel to re-start. Reading your comment almost made my eyes swell up and my heart tremble. You wrote what I felt deep down but could not articulate in any way, and the timing of your message feels truly divine. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💚 I will take it as a serious sign to rest a bit deeper, further. 💚 Thank you for the kindness you have shared, always with us. <333 The animus is still tired, it must be lulled by the fire in a small hut by the forest. xxx
Celebrating you, for putting this work out into the world. Loved reading your reflections.
Thank you so much, dear Laura <333