The creative cycle is exhausting. As I'm in the process of creating new things, I'm watching my mind do its vicious little dance. Loving the idea, then hating it, liking it again, then deciding it's absolute nonsense. As the thoughts get louder, I'm reminded how much easier it would be to just not do it. To give in to the voice that says settle for what is. Stop trying. Stop creating anew. But then something else won't let up - an instinct that keeps whispering - "keep going, make it anyway, you'll look back at this time and be so grateful you kept going".