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Serena Burman's avatar

I am absolutely not at peace with this yet. Why is it so hard to give myself permission to have fun BEFORE I write when I know it helps every time??

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Megan Pillow's avatar

It's so, so hard. I think part of it is we're steeped in capitalism and whether we want to or not, we judge ourselves and others on production. Solidarity and support to you - I'm almost 46 and it took me until the last few years to get better about this!

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Serena Burman's avatar

Oh right, capitalism.

Today, Explained podcast (from Vox) is doing a mini series called “Blame Capitalism.” Highly recommend.

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Megan Pillow's avatar

Ooh that sounds good - thank you for the rec!

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Chef’s Wife's avatar

Amen. Needed this poetic piece of wisdom.

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Megan Pillow's avatar

Thank you so much for reading.

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Sarah J's avatar

Loved this, über grateful!!!!

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Megan Pillow's avatar

Thank you so much for reading!

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Finn Deerhart's avatar

Thank you for this. Appreciating hearing your experience. 💚🔮

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Megan Pillow's avatar

Thank you for reading!

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Marina's avatar

Thank you. I needed that today. 😊

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Megan Pillow's avatar

Thank you for reading! I'm glad it helped.

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Joanna Rotkin's avatar

I love this, in so many ways. I especially love how it starts, with that photo of the sky, and "this is writing too." Settled me right in for a wonderful read. Thank you.

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Megan Pillow's avatar

Thank you so much for reading!

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Chef’s Wife's avatar

So needed to hear this as am just coming off, literally this Saturday, a major writers block slowly giving myself permission to get there.🙌

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Megan Pillow's avatar

And you will get there! We all have those moments. Give yourself grace and rest and recharge.

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The Girl Can't Help It's avatar

I just wrote about my continuing obstacles to writing more in a piece called “Personality Crisis.” I really do think it’s metabolic for me. I’m in a go phase now and excited about sitting down to write. But next week the dam may be raised. I just don’t know.

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Megan Pillow's avatar

I understand this feeling. I write in fits and starts as well - sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. But we're getting there.

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Sarah Bradley's avatar

Thank you for this! After having a huge burst of creative energy and revising a third of my novel in one fell swoop, I’m now (predictably) stalling out. Trying to tell myself it’s just time for a rest, but it is so hard to leave behind that joyous phase of productivity and trust that it will come again when the time is right.

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Megan Pillow's avatar

It absolutely will! Congrats on getting that third done!

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Alexander J. Porter's avatar

"What matters is that we continue"

Love, love, love this.

Beautiful read.

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