Snowflake Challenge #12 - Tell Us about a Personal Win

[nonesensed]

Continuing personal win from last year: I've been doing much better at not stressing out and giving myself impossible deadlines - and that has led to me getting so many more fun things done!

Not only have I gotten all the way to line-editing my story "A Werewolf in October" over on my writing blog booksabaking, I've also posted far more fanfic on AO3 during January and February this year than I posted all of 2023.

And I'm having fun while writing! I'm getting better and better at letting myself focus on one thing at the time, which helps a lot with both stress and actually finishing projects. Burnout is finally far enough behind me, I think 💖 Life might (and will) still throw stuff at me, but I'm now at a place where at least I'm not throwing stuff at myself, like unnecessary deadlines and impossible productivity demands. Hobbies should be a way to counter stress, not a way to gain more of it, and I'm at last there again.

Here's to a year full of fun things sans stress! 🥳🎉

Comments

[cornerofmadness]

That is truly an amazing win and a good place to be in your life. congrats

[nonesensed]

Thank you 💗 It's been a long road but I'm finally getting somewhere 🩵

[cornerofmadness]

glad to hear it

[tjs_whatnot]

Yay!

Just reading this makes me feel all sorts of energized myself!❤️❤️

[nonesensed]

I'm so happy to hear that! Everyone deserves to feel energized and free of stress 💗🩵

[tarlanx]

That's what I need to do as I was feeling burned out most of last year but kept pushing on! I need to take a huge step back :) I've made a start by limiting what I do as some graphics challenges I have loved in the past now seem to have too many deadlines too close together. It makes them stressful rather than fun.

[nonesensed]

Sending you all the good anti-burnout vibes and wishing you all the luck with recovery! 💖I burnt out reeeaally bad a couple of years ago, and it's been a lot of work re: self-reflection and changing prioritizes to get back to "regular me" without the constant stress responses - but I'm doing much much better now, so all that effort was a 100% worth it.

Taking on "too many fun things" can really sneak up on you. There are just so many cool challenges, groups and activities to join in on, and far too few hours in the day! Like you said, doing too many things at once just makes them all a source of stress instead of fun. Best of luck finding the balance between fun and too much 🩵

[potentiality_26]

Good for you! Shaking off burnout is no easy thing...

[nonesensed]

You said it! It's been literal years, but I'm finally starting to feel like my old self again 💗🩵