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From creative burnout to empowerment: What happened in 4 months
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Hey there, Reader! The last newsletter I sent you was on June 27th, 2025. Then unexpected life events happened, so I stopped sending them for the past 4 months. Now that I have returned to writing these weekly newsletters, I'd like to share with you what happened while I was away. So grab a cup of tea, coffee, or your favourite beverage of choice, and get cozy. Imagine yourself sitting by a warm campfire as I share with you my story of transforming creative burnout into personal empowerment. In a nutshell, I had to take a break from creating content because 2025 has been one of the hardest and most challenging years of my life. I hit the point of absolute burnout, and I felt mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically depleted. At this low point, I knew in my heart that I had to step away from my online work because I couldn't force myself to create art anymore. There's a wise quote that says, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Admittedly, I was going round in circles for a long time. Therefore, I finally summoned the courage to interrupt this pattern because I knew that it was time for me to make a radical change. For the past 4 months, I've spent a lot of time resting, recovering, and reevaluating my life as well as the direction of my online brand and content creation. Because somewhere along the journey, I lost my North Star; my passion and my purpose. You see, creating content used to be fun and enjoyable. Back when I started posting content online, I loved making art and teaching because doing so felt really rewarding. In addition, I loved building this wonderful art community because I got to connect with awesome artists and creatives such as yourself, Reader. But somewhere along the way, my creative spark completely burned out. To my dismay, I lost one of the major mediums that I use for self-expression: art. Creating art became burdensome because I began to associate art and content creation with pleasing algorithms and obsessing over analytics. With following trends. With copying the newest marketing strategy. In this way, creating art became associated with stress. This became a MASSIVE problem for me because I have always walked to the beat of my own drum. I don't care about trends or consuming whatever is popular in mainstream culture. I have always felt that I was born to stand out, not to blend in or conform. As a result, I burned out because I have not been fully honouring my art, my authenticity, my voice, and my story. Essentially, I realized that I stopped following my heart and my intuition because I got too wrapped up in my mind. Like many artists and creatives, I fell into unhealthy patterns of overthinking, limiting beliefs, perfectionism, and feeling paralyzed by the fear of failure. Alas, I stopped making art for myself. After a lot of contemplation, I realized that was a HUGE mistake. Truth be told, I've been going through so much inner transformation these past few years that I don't even know what my personal art style is anymore. And that made me afraid to create new art because I realized that my fear of the blank page was equally a fear of the unknown. As well, I was worried that my audience wouldn't appreciate whatever new art style is currently being birthed. I don't have all the answers yet, but I know for sure that it's time for my online brand and content creation to be reborn. This new direction is about becoming artistically and creatively empowered again, embracing authentic self-expression through art, and finding my voice. Going forward, here is what I'm envisioning for the future of my content, newsletter, YouTube channel, and digital products:
If any of these topics pique your interest, and you're interested in following the new direction of my content, then stay subscribed to this weekly newsletter. I can't wait to see what adventures we go on together! However, if none of these things appeal to you and you want to unsubscribe, then that's fine as well. Thank you for joining me on this creative journey for as long as you have! On a final note, I don't know what my new publishing schedule looks like yet. I'm still recovering from burnout, so I don't want to take on too much work right now. And honestly, I've barely drawn or painted in 4 months, so I need to get back into an art routine. That being said, you can expect a weekly newsletter from me going forward. New YouTube videos, blog posts, and digital products will come in the near future. I'll keep you updated! That's enough about me. Now I'd like to turn my attention to you and catch up with you, Reader! ACTION STEP: Click reply and send me an email to let me know how you're doing and what you've been up to these past few months while I've been away. For example, what art projects are you working on and what mediums are you currently using? What or who are you currently inspired by? Do you like the new direction of my content and do you have any advice or comments you'd like to share with me? Or have you been taking a break from art? Whatever the case, reply to this email and let me know! Talk to you again soon, Best regards, Miranda P.S. If you read all the way to the end of this newsletter, then I want you to know that I truly appreciate you for taking the time to read my newsletter. π€ β
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βMiranda Balogh
I teach artists how to paint confidently with watercolours so you can make beautiful art that you're proud of. Sign up for my weekly newsletter where I send you fun step-by-step tutorials, helpful art advice, and positive encouragement so you can reconnect with art and express yourself through creativity. So hit subscribe to accelerate your artistic journey with me. It's time to paint and play!
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