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Despite that, i've been drawing and/or painting every day for the last two and a half weeks, which is the most consistent I've been all year. I think the secret has been writing down drawing ideas ahead of time and working down the list, just an item or two a day. It turns out ideation is one of the things I struggle with most, after thinking it was my strong suit for years. But once it's written down I can come back to an idea and develop it further, thumbnail, all that jazz. Ideation time is ideation time, and drawing time becomes drawing time. I don't worry about whether the idea is good while also worrying about how it looks, I let those two activities be separate things, and I think my emotional cognitive load is alleviated as a result. There's still a certain vulnerability that comes with sharing these ideas that hopefully will become more comfortable as I do it more.