An attempt to get unstuck
March 28, 2026
In Dispatches from an in-progress attempt to get unstuck, Rachel writes about trying to get her creative spark back.
I enjoy personal writing where you can almost witness the author working through something so articulately. Being able to point and gesture at what that felt experience at this moment of uncertainty looks like for them.
What am I trying to unstick, exactly? It’s not that I don’t have creative ideas. I have lots of ideas. My ideas have ideas. They’re just not manifesting themselves into existence. Whenever I have time and space to actually act on a creative idea, I either forget what the brilliant idea was thanks to brain fog, or, if I do remember what it was, it suddenly feels stupid or like I can’t do it and I don’t want to work on it anymore. Or I get distracted by some other thing that seems more urgent and important but in the grand scheme of things probably isn’t. Or I just don’t have the energy. And then before I know it, months have passed and I feel guilty that I haven’t made anything.
Rooting for you to get unstuck, internet neighbor. May the new space be a path back to finding play and bringing your creative ideas to life.