My biggest piece of advice as an ex Pro Portrait Tog... Take breaks, and take them as often as you can. Take them long before you burn out or worse - injure yourself!
I ended up with a spinal injury and have been forced to take a more permanent kind of break. If I had listened to my body (and my brain) earlier on I may have avoided that.
Social Media and 'hustle culture' definitely makes you feel like you have to be "on" all the time. Even now when I physically can't create art the way I used to I feel the pressure to still show up in a certain way. I definitely feel a pull to step back from social media for a while to see if it helps ease that feeling while I recover.
Definitely feel the pressure to perform and produce content all the time (especially because my account has hit a slump). This only get exacerbated by the fact I work full-time and am spent after almost every shift. This was super encouraging to read. Keep up the good work (or keep resting haha).
My biggest piece of advice as an ex Pro Portrait Tog... Take breaks, and take them as often as you can. Take them long before you burn out or worse - injure yourself!
I ended up with a spinal injury and have been forced to take a more permanent kind of break. If I had listened to my body (and my brain) earlier on I may have avoided that.
Social Media and 'hustle culture' definitely makes you feel like you have to be "on" all the time. Even now when I physically can't create art the way I used to I feel the pressure to still show up in a certain way. I definitely feel a pull to step back from social media for a while to see if it helps ease that feeling while I recover.
Definitely feel the pressure to perform and produce content all the time (especially because my account has hit a slump). This only get exacerbated by the fact I work full-time and am spent after almost every shift. This was super encouraging to read. Keep up the good work (or keep resting haha).
I took a break too. I was at the end of a three year, long term project and I was just, done. I wasn’t feeling it anymore. I didn’t shoot for a
Month or more and randomly one day I picked up the Pentax and got back on the horse. It’s fun for now.