Times of adversity are often associated with heightened productivity – but if you feel like an underachiever, you’re not alone.
said it best, with a woman declaring: “Day 6! Couldn’t decide between starting to write my novel or my screenplay, so instead I ate three boxes of mac and cheese and then lay on the floor panicking.”
And even if you do have opportunity, you may not have head space. “There’s so much pressure to use this time to create your own writer’s retreat,” says Emily Sargent, a journalist and filmmaker. “But that seems ridiculous when I’ve had four months of work cancelled and can’t even pay my bills now. I sit down and try, then am unproductive because I’m worrying — or just not in a place to feel remotely inspired — then I hate myself.
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