Impostor syndrome

At least a hundred sighs today.

Impostor syndrome hit me a couple of days ago and it’s sooo frustrating. I’ve tried to just keep drawing to get out of it but this time it’s sticking around. I think it’s whenever I get a bit closer to a goal or when my instagram engagement goes down that I’m most vulnerable to it. I know lots, if not all, artists suffer from this every once in a while.

Let’s see if I can write myself out of it! That’s something I haven’t really tried fully yet.

OK. I’m overwhelmed and I have a headache.
The reasonable thing to do: Drink water and do some yoga.

I feel like more susceptible to impostor syndrome when I’m overwhelmed which I’ve been a lot lately since working with my shop. My absolute favorite thing to be less overwhelmed is to first write a brain dump of everything that’s spinning around in my head. After that I write down a list of the things I need to get done, and then the most important part:
Find the one most important thing and do that first!

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I wrote this on January 10th and wanted to add more to it, which I didn’t, lol. So I’m posting it anyway and hoping to write more in the near future!

Also, if you are not familiar with impostor (or is it imposter?) syndrome, congratulations! Jokes aside, it’s the feeling of severe self doubt and that your are a fraud. To me it can be like my brain is telling me: “Everyone will soon understand that you actually suck at art! Who are you kidding? You’re never gonna pull this off!”

But you know what, brain? I will and I am!