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Brynn Marie

Brynn Marie

Brynn Marie
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I posted about this is another forum...so if you are reading it twice I totally apologize...but that is just how bad it is...

It's not really a mojo funk...in fact I think I have scrapped more pages in the last couple weeks than I have all year.

But I am finding it hard to concentrate....don't feel like doing much...doubting what I do create until the end....feeling like I am pretty much letting all my artistic commitments down....just really unsure about myself.

As much as it sucks I am hoping someone else has been there because this is killing me...and I would love to know how someone else got over it...because the options that I have been tossing around in my head are breakin my heart....
 
I'm so sorry to hear that, Brynn and I have totally been there. The only thing I can think of is maybe asking for a bit of a break from your commitments and staying away from the computer for a few days. Do something totally different-- take a drive somewhere, go read a magazine or a juicy book in the window of a coffee shop. Or just go watch a few Ryan Gosling movies. OR, do the opposite... dive into the galleries and drink in other people's brilliance. It's funny because when I look at your recent layouts they're all really positive; mostly about smiling and love. :)

Sometimes if I'm feeling that way about editing photos from a session I will leave them for a day or two and when I revisit them I can usually figure out what was getting in my way.

I think your layouts are just lovely. Funks don't last forever. Here's my biggest (((hug))). :beat
 
I'm so sorry Brynn.

I have been there. And I know how icky it feels. I know for me that comparisons are my biggest Creativity Killer. If I pay too close attention to what anyone else is doing creatively..in scrapping or designing it deflates and squelches. So my remedy lies in *not* paying attention to what other creatives are doing..not on pinterest, in gallery, on FB, nowhere. And sometimes I just need a bit of a break. A brain break. To create in some other recreational way, to do something else all together or just completely focus on my family. I find that with a bit of a brain break and a refocus on what matters most, and not caring what others think, I get back to a place that feels better.

I hope you get to that feeling better place soon!!! :beat
 
oh no! I too have been there LOTS. :( Usually I just need to totally take a break. Like Liana said..just do some totally different things not on the computer. Go out and take lots of fresh photos of all the things the kids are doing. or read some awesome books. Sometimes once I do something totally awesome I will feel like it needs scrapped and that brings me back to a creative place. Usually I just have to wait it out. I am so sorry you are going through this though and I hope you get out of it quickly!
 
So sorry :( I have to echo what everyone else said. In the beginning of this year I was in a huge funk. I had less time for me, I was taking less pictures and I was uninspired to scrap. My life felt unbalanced. But I just rolled with it. I didn't force the creativity. Instead I did more reading than I've done in years, I found fun things to do with the kids and I just let things be. The break in pressure on myself helped restored the balance.
 
so sorry Brynn and another one who has had this before... I've been in a downwards spiral for months, but to be honest it's been a bit better the past days. I'm very sensitive when it comes to the wether, really as soon as the sun is out, I feel soooo much better and so much more inspired by anything. Been having a scrapping flow the past days... and when I don't feel it, or when I'm tired I don't even have to try, cause it will work in the end...but def not how I wanted it to be, kwim!?
 
I'm so sorry Brynn...hope you are feeling better soon.
 
Sorry for your funk Brynn... I've been there too and usually the best medicine for me is to take a break WITHOUT guilt. Just let yourself be without commitment for a week or two and enjoy just sitting on the couch and deciding what YOU want to do next without doing things because you have to. Usually works best for me. :)
 
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