Chapter 3 stress wobbliness

5:11 AM, Thursday August 12th 2021

I started getting anxious from start of Plant Constructions for whatever reason (kinda feels like exam stress/anxiety) . And my ellipses and marks became extremely wobbly.

It's frustrating because I can make fairly decent curves and ellipses in my warmup sessions, but they suddenly just regressed.

Any tips on how to deal with this? Or will it just fix itself with practice?

(Sorry for the kind of spam post but thought I'd just suck up the awkwardness and ask for help)

Thank you a lot.

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12:14 PM, Thursday August 12th 2021

Each time you add a new aspect to your study and practice a little bit of doubt, anxiety or caution creeps in. Push through and it will eventually fade. Just like it did before. It's absolutely normal.

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8:51 PM, Thursday August 12th 2021

I think I understand where you're coming from. There are times where, whenever I'm actually working on something outside of warmup, I feel like everything I produce, even when it comes down to the smallest of steps, has to be good. This wastes so much time in my opinion because every drawing or sketch you produce is a step in the right direction no matter what. What I usually gotta do is take this into consideration and tell myself to keep at it, because eventually you'll gain the confidence you need to do a certain thing after enough practice and commitment. I've got a lot a lot to learn at this point but you have my vote of confidence that you'll get this down. Good luck!

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