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mana · 7 answers · 10mo

do you ever get excited to work on a personal project, but then the depresso comes and kicks your legs out from under you and is like "actually you're not important and no one cares what you have to say :3c give up!"

if yes, how do you cope with those feelings?

I keep trying! ;w ;

Speaking more seriously, it's easy for me to fall into ruts like that and as difficult on the other end to climb my way out. A childhood completely detrimental to proper emotional development and self-esteem will do that to a girl!

But that's the thing about a personal project. It's personal! I'm doing it for myself first and foremost, and I'm happy with the work I do because it's for me. It is me. And I personally don't feel like 'unimportant' is the essence of my life.

What I have to say, I'll scream out loud someday. It starts with me smiling as I whisper it to myself.

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