I think for me the worst type of burnout is the creative one. It feels very frustrating, but most of the time you can’t really do anything about it. So taking a break is at times a necessity, simply to recover and restore your creative resources.
Right now I’m on my longest break from drawing, sometimes I feel bad that I don’t draw anything and I “have to draw something”, but I just don’t feel it. And I can’t force it, otherwise I’ll end up hating the piece, if I manage to finish it, because it won’t have any soul in it.
I don't think I ever take a break from writing but I agree with you, in a way.
Also my drawing is not really flowing ( for your information, I have practically been writing and drawing since I learnt to do so ) and I'm not feeling painting at all, these days,
but, in my case, this can change from one day on another.
I forced myself to write 50 thousand words, in November, 2019 ( I partook in NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month ) for what was supposed to become a novel: The Life of Hypersensitivosaurus. I made my goal of 50k words, albeit barely. The novel never came into being but it eventually lead to a book with 22 short stories and another book finished April/ May last year.
I keep surprising myself. I just need to be patient and gentle with myself, as we all need to be and let it come in when it wants to ;<)
Thank you for your thoughtful comment!
That's awesome! To me it seems impossible, yet again, I took the longest break haha But I hope to get back into it again, life's been a bit hectic with holidays and stuff)
Happy New Year by the way!
That is true, creative process needs time and patience, you can't rush an emotion