Hey Lovely People!
It's been weighing a bit on my mind to write about the importance of self-compassion, but as part of explaining why, I ended up going into some detail around why a growth mindset probably isn't the best approach to life. You can read about it in The LIFE Project.
For those of you waiting on me for other works of progress, I still haven't completely deserted you, nor have I given up on any of those works. Promise. Needless to say, life has been tough, so it's taken me what feels like forever to get out of the worst burn-out of my life. It's an ongoing process and The LIFE Project forms part of the healing work I'm doing, so I'm going into a lot of detail there as to exactly what happened and also what's going on in my life right now. Still, I feel like I have so many stories to tell and writing/editing advice to give, so I'm looking forward to the day when I'm able to reliably return to that.
I can't give you a precise timeline. The short version is that, throughout my life, but in in the past decade in particular, I've gotten very badly hurt and did myself a lot of harm in the name of love and survival. So for the past 18 months, I've been working hard on healing and recovery, but the damage is such that it is a mammoth task with frequent delays, challenges, and set-backs. For this reason, I don't want to make any promises. My healing must come first. No matter how much I long to return to writing with any amount of frequency.
All that being said, I'm doing MUCH better now than last year, and I'm in much healthier place, both mentally and physically. This makes me hopeful that my healing will continue and I'll come back to storytelling in a healthier way than I had approached it before.
From the bottom of my heart, I hope you're all doing well. Take care of yourself. You're important.
Love,
Misha
