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2:30 AM, Monday April 27th 2020

The blank page is definitely a problem for me, but I think after hearing your advice as well as some others, I can learn to better handle it.

This is whole post is really a great response, honestly thank you. It was kind of like a wake-up call for me haha. I can't exactly pinpoint why, but after reading this I feel a bit better. That question you asked in the second paragraph really got me thinking, and honestly when I think about it, it doesn't make any sense for me not to be enjoying drawing when I DO enjoy drawing. I think I just need to take a step back, maybe I'm just pushing myself so much in these lessons that I forget why I'm doing them in the first place. I think I will try abstract drawing, it sounds relaxing. And just overall, I'm going to try and regain my joy for the journey. Maybe I'll even experiment a bit, see what's fun for me :)

9:20 AM, Monday April 27th 2020

This is a hard road and if you don't keep what you like about it present (and it tends to get lost), then the obstacles eventually are just gonna defeat you

9:23 AM, Monday April 27th 2020

Its important to explore and work hard but also to take it easy and not be too hard on yourself. Remember, we're here because we want to.

5:36 PM, Monday April 27th 2020
edited at 5:37 PM, Apr 27th 2020

I'm very determined to make progress, not in a way that will blast me forward only to burn me out, but I really feel like art is what I'm meant to do. I'm in this for the long haul. It's not that I'm lost; I know where I'm going, it's just that there are some days I get discouraged and frustrated. But I'm assuming everyone goes through that at some point. It's all part of the journey I guess , haha.

I do need to take it easy though, sometimes I feel like I'm in overdrive. Maybe that's a big part of the problem, I need to calm down a bit. I think the endless amounts of tutorials on yt are partially to blame for that, I may need to detox lmao

Anyways, thanks for the talk! I really do feel better today, and I think a lot of that was getting all of this off my chest and having input! So thanks for listening and helping me out

edited at 5:37 PM, Apr 27th 2020
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