Burnout Is Killing My Love For Writing…But I’m Not Giving Up Yet
It’s hard to write when you’re no longer in love with your words
“Your writing is good. Don’t overthink it. You’re doing better than you think you are.”
This line of thought keeps repeating in my head and yet it never feels quite real. In reality, not only does my writing not feel good enough, I don’t feel comfortable with my own identity as a writer.
Stupid right?
If you have followed me in the past year, actually especially since last year, my writing has grown leaps and bounds since then. There is more focus and clearer thought progression in my words. My topics, and the points I’m trying to make, bounce from poignant to sarcastic wit inside my own words.
Long story short, my writing has become so much better. I constantly surprise myself when I write. After each article I write, once the initial excitement of publishing wears off, I’ll review it a few days later to see if it’s as good as I thought — much of the time, it indeed is.
And yet despite knowing all of this, I feel more uncomfortable and out of sync with my writing lately.
