Every year about this time I seem to go through a period of what can most charitably be described as “slackerhood”. Given my rather rigid and heavy set of “shoulds” about my work, work ethic, and so on, this annual malaise appalled me the first time it happened, which was after my first year as a full-time artist.
My husband, bless his understanding heart, points out that I never take vacations (hard to when you’re self-employed, vacations are not paid, and you’re puritannical about work) and that I put a lot of pressure on myself with respect to my business … so this yearly cycle is about recharging. It’s particularly pronounced this year, perhaps somewhat due to my emotions regarding our country’s mood and economy.
Anyway, here we go again. The funny thing is, my recharging takes the form of creativity - just not in the same forms as my studio paint work. Sometimes it’s playing with beads, sometimes polymer clay; this year it’s fiber crafts (messing with yarn).
By far the most difficult part of this is actually giving myself permission to recharge (that old puritan thing again).
How about you? Do you ever find yourself needing a recharge? What do you do?
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