Let It Breathe

I think I have written a lot about what happened after I finished my first book Little Rebellion and how publishing it and finishing it broke me a little bit.

I did not know what to do and how to live without writing that book and I was constantly burdened by the ideas that the book was horrible, no one is going to read it and everyone is going to hate it.

On the side, I’ve dealt with my personal plague which was an additional hit on my confidence and resilience, I’ve abandoned the blog for a while as well as my YT channel and I distanced myself from everything and everyone that make me who I am.

I put a lot of pressure on myself to start writing again or to do something for my career and to just start moving when my body and my mind were clearly giving up and screaming for a break.

So, in the last few weeks I have dedicated myself to switching to the slow lane. I did what I wanted to do, I wrote when I felt inspired and not when I felt like I needed to, I gained some new experiences, stepped out of my comfort zone, worked out, cooked a lot and got back into reading.

And then it all came back. I was sitting in the evening in my bed, I just put on fresh sheets and did my skincare and put on pjs. My reading light was on and I had a book I borrowed from the library. It was all very peaceful, quiet, just lulling myself to sleep.

Then the inspiration came. That little voice inside my head which whispered the idea for my book two years ago came back, I could hear it telling me new ideas for the sequel.

It felt like coming home after a long time. I wrote down the ideas and I let them breathe and take on a life of their own in my head before I am ready to start with the first chapter and immerse myself in the world of Stanhill.

What are some of your tips and tricks to come back to your creative self? I guess I am just discovering mine

Love,
Luna

Don’t forget that my first novel is available on Amazon: Little Rebellion
Also you can get my poetry books: Rehab and Identity crisis