24/04/2025
This post is a long way coming. I started writing it more than three weeks ago, saved it as a draft to continue writing after work but somehow the draft disappeared (thanks IG).
As I wrote in that draft, I've been missing from Instagram, now for almost 2 months. This is due to what I've been experiencing ever since I started, during the winter, creative burnout. The very short days here in Sweden are restricting even more the shooting opportunities, the dull sky, colorless landscape and the fact that I became more and more self critical of my work mean that during these days the only time I went shooting it was during foggy weather, which is not always going to the plan. Maybe 3-4 years ago I would have got excited for these photos, but nowadays it's just one of those natural things. Add the stress of moving soon to a bigger apartment, planning to build a small home studio and there's no time to be active on social media.
Now I would like to ask You, if this is happening with all of you or I'm an isolated case? 😅 If you feel the same, what do you do to escape this creative burnout?
I would like to hear your thoughts/opinions on this issue.
Image taken at the end of February 2025.