Dream check cont.

 

So, if it has a 100% success rate, how does my blog not have 100% as well? Or my art goals? The hardest part isn't actually following up, the hardest part is saying that sentence to yourself. My first ever blog post I missed was because I passed out before the time I usually make them, in fact almost 80% of missed posts are because of that. But something even more than just not being conscious, it's about not knowing if you'll pass that dream check. Usually I use it for mileage drawing, assignments, and sometimes to help get myself out of bed in the morning, all things I can do and have done before.

But what about that illustration? What about those consistent target hours? What about that art goal? Those things aren't necessarily things I have done before, so a part of me has always been afraid to do them out of fear of doing it poorly (especially with illustration) or burning myself out. Burnout I've learned is a very real thing as I am going through it at the moment but something I will chug through.

What I have realized however is that, if I had the chance to try, and I didn't, it would hinder my growth a lot more than it would than doing something poorly/bad. Better to try and fail than not try at all, and that's what got me to start dream checking myself a lot more versus before, so hopefully that could help you as well.