Yay! I absolutely love this project! I was excited to see the end result when you first posted about it. The headpiece and boa are divine! And thank you for talking about the struggle of completing something. I have so many unfinished projects and even projects I want to start but don't bc of fear, but you are helping to inspire me. Sometimes I have so many ideas in my head of what I want to do that I become paralyzed and scroll on my phone instead. Do you ever deal with this?
100%, and I think it's a really common struggle for creatives. Mine might be less about creating the project itself, and more for sharing it once it's done. For creating: starting is the hardest part. I set timers on my phone and make a rule for myself that I can't do anything but focus on the task at hand until the timer is up. When the timer goes off, I'm usually in such a groove that I reset it. That's something that helps me!
For sharing: I am my own worst critic, so I'm never truly proud of anything I do -- which is really frustrating and silly. It's something I've been trying to work on. But I think just putting it out there is kind of like a form of immersion therapy, because the more I get into the groove of it, the less scared I become. When I take a break from sharing (like recently, while on vacation), the anxiety and self-doubt comes raging back!
"starting is the hardest part." It certainly is. I have it stuck in my head that I don't "have enough time" to start things, when I find myself amazed in the gym—where my workouts are timed—at how long one minute is and how many things I can get done. So, I love the idea of setting a timer! Very pomodoro technique of you :)
There is no longer minute than one in the gym...or on a long-haul flight. It really does demonstrate how much time there actually is! And I'm always amazed how much I get done when I set the timer for an hour. If I don't, I end up dilly dallying and getting distracted and everything is so discombobulated.
Even though I'm not in the cosplay space, it's something that I really admire about the community. It's a bunch of people who love fantasy and work hours and hours to create the least practical things just for pleasure. I think that's so cool.
I think my daily outfits, while not fantasy, are just fun enough for me to not get bored. And I've been known to put on a ridiculous 70s gown and wear it out for no good reason, so there's that. It gets some stares, but that's okay. hahaha
Oo I think you should just wear your fantasy clothes just as you would boring old jeans. I'd be so happy seeing someone out and about dressed like some ethereal magical being or a burst of candy colored love
Yay! I absolutely love this project! I was excited to see the end result when you first posted about it. The headpiece and boa are divine! And thank you for talking about the struggle of completing something. I have so many unfinished projects and even projects I want to start but don't bc of fear, but you are helping to inspire me. Sometimes I have so many ideas in my head of what I want to do that I become paralyzed and scroll on my phone instead. Do you ever deal with this?
100%, and I think it's a really common struggle for creatives. Mine might be less about creating the project itself, and more for sharing it once it's done. For creating: starting is the hardest part. I set timers on my phone and make a rule for myself that I can't do anything but focus on the task at hand until the timer is up. When the timer goes off, I'm usually in such a groove that I reset it. That's something that helps me!
For sharing: I am my own worst critic, so I'm never truly proud of anything I do -- which is really frustrating and silly. It's something I've been trying to work on. But I think just putting it out there is kind of like a form of immersion therapy, because the more I get into the groove of it, the less scared I become. When I take a break from sharing (like recently, while on vacation), the anxiety and self-doubt comes raging back!
"starting is the hardest part." It certainly is. I have it stuck in my head that I don't "have enough time" to start things, when I find myself amazed in the gym—where my workouts are timed—at how long one minute is and how many things I can get done. So, I love the idea of setting a timer! Very pomodoro technique of you :)
There is no longer minute than one in the gym...or on a long-haul flight. It really does demonstrate how much time there actually is! And I'm always amazed how much I get done when I set the timer for an hour. If I don't, I end up dilly dallying and getting distracted and everything is so discombobulated.
It really is a bummer there are not many spaces to wear fantasy clothing, because I'd love to just wear them instead of boring old jeans.
Even though I'm not in the cosplay space, it's something that I really admire about the community. It's a bunch of people who love fantasy and work hours and hours to create the least practical things just for pleasure. I think that's so cool.
I think my daily outfits, while not fantasy, are just fun enough for me to not get bored. And I've been known to put on a ridiculous 70s gown and wear it out for no good reason, so there's that. It gets some stares, but that's okay. hahaha
Oo I think you should just wear your fantasy clothes just as you would boring old jeans. I'd be so happy seeing someone out and about dressed like some ethereal magical being or a burst of candy colored love