“With everything that’s happening, no story I have to tell feels like it’s serious enough, or inspiring enough, or even just funny enough to offer some kind of respite to my readers.”
I think this is why I’ve stopped, as well. Nicely summed up.
Yeah. I find that in a variety of circles something we're discussing is motivation, and how to hold onto it. Intellectually, I think everyone gets that now is the time to be speaking, telling stories, working, entertaining, hosting, giving, etc. but it's just really hard to keep doing that, to keep generating/creating, whatever it is and however it is, when it seems like in the end it won't amount to much. Something which intellectually, I don't think is true- I know it amounts to so much, often far beyond what we think. But emotionally... I'm tired. And I'm lonely. And it's hard to stay true to the vision of a star when you stand beneath the layers and layers of clouds.
“With everything that’s happening, no story I have to tell feels like it’s serious enough, or inspiring enough, or even just funny enough to offer some kind of respite to my readers.”
I think this is why I’ve stopped, as well. Nicely summed up.
Yeah. I find that in a variety of circles something we're discussing is motivation, and how to hold onto it. Intellectually, I think everyone gets that now is the time to be speaking, telling stories, working, entertaining, hosting, giving, etc. but it's just really hard to keep doing that, to keep generating/creating, whatever it is and however it is, when it seems like in the end it won't amount to much. Something which intellectually, I don't think is true- I know it amounts to so much, often far beyond what we think. But emotionally... I'm tired. And I'm lonely. And it's hard to stay true to the vision of a star when you stand beneath the layers and layers of clouds.