Je fais partie de ces personnes quâil faut littĂ©ralement enchaĂźner pour quâelles se reposent (et qui sont accessoirement en retard sur leurs machines hahaha) đ
Jâarrive pas Ă me soigner lĂ dessus : dĂšs que je prends du repos, je culpabilise. Je mets Ă jour mon planning, je note des idĂ©es, je rĂ©flĂ©chis Ă des projets⊠je ne fais jamais ârienâ.Jâai passĂ© des heures Ă modder Skyrim⊠mais jây ai pas jouĂ© depuis le 12 avril.Jâai fait deux soirĂ©es dâaffilĂ©e sur PokĂ©mon SoulSilver, je suis arrivĂ©e Ă Doublonville⊠et je lâai jamais relancĂ© đ
Et Ă©videmment, pour arranger les choses, je me suis rajoutĂ© un Ă©norme projet (passionnant par contre đ jâarrĂȘte pas sây penser, dâautant que je suis un peu monomaniaque, donc câest un peu mon obsession du moment).
Bref, aujourdâhui sur le Discord jâexpliquais que jâavais un gros problĂšme de âpage blancheâ. Mais pas une vraie page blanche dans le sens âaucune idĂ©eâ, plutĂŽt une absence totale dâĂ©lan naturel. Tout ce que je faisais me paraissait ânulâ, âpas intĂ©ressantâ, forcĂ©. Comme quand tu te lĂšves le matin mais que « nan vas y encore 5 minutes », comme quand tâessayes de faire un abdo en plus. Câest trĂšs bizarre parce que jâadore mon mĂ©tier, câest ce qui me fait vivre dans tous les sens du terme : câest mon essence quoi ! Je pense malheureusement que les soucis persos rĂ©cents (encore la famille pour changer, jâen parlerai un jour ici) jouent beaucoup lĂ -dedans.
Du coup -pour le contexte de cette bd- sur Discord, on en a parlĂ© tous ensemble, jâai reçu des conseils vraiment adorables ⊠pis on a Ă©normĂ©ment rigolĂ© sur un faux scĂ©nario entre Niko et moi (qui ne se repose absolument pas non plus dâailleurs).Et ça a fini par donner cette BD hahaha.
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Iâm one of those people who literally need to be chained down to actually rest (and who also happen to be behind on their laundry hahaha) đ
I genuinely canât heal this part of myself: the second I try to rest, I feel guilty. I update my schedule, write down ideas, think about projects⊠I never really do ânothing.âI spent hours modding Skyrim⊠but I havenât actually played it since April 12th.I played PokĂ©mon SoulSilver for two nights in a row, made it all the way to Goldenrod City⊠and then never opened the game again đ
And of course, to make things even worse, I added a huge new project to my plate (a super exciting one though đ). I canât stop thinking about it, especially because Iâm a little obsessive when I get passionate about something, so itâs basically become my current brain rot.
Anyway, today on Discord I was explaining that I had a huge âblank pageâ problem. But not a real blank page in the sense of âhaving no ideas.â It was more like a complete lack of natural momentum. Everything I tried to do felt âbad,â âboring,â forced. Like when you wake up in the morning and think ânah⊠five more minutes.â Or when you try to force yourself to do one more sit-up.Itâs such a weird feeling because I genuinely love my job. Itâs what keeps me alive in every possible sense of the term. Itâs basically my essence.
Unfortunately, I think the personal stuff Iâve been dealing with lately (family issues again⊠shocker lol, maybe Iâll talk about it here someday) is playing a huge role in all of this.
So anyway, for the context behind this comic: we talked about it together on Discord, I got some incredibly sweet advice⊠and then we ended up laughing really hard about a fake scenario between Niko and me (who also absolutely does not rest either, by the way).And somehow⊠that turned into this comic hahaha.