Is anyone else frustrated at not being able to write enough?

[AwesomeSoFar]

is anyone else frustrated at not being able to write enough? I've been busy recently with studying to try and get into uni, and I can barely find 2 hours a day to write, which is not always enough to make worthwhile progress for me. sometimes I spend that long on just one line of dialogue. and like I said earlier, I get frustrated at how long it takes to get anywhere. I hate not being able to make progress in what little time I do have.
I don't have a reason to hurry up, but for some reason I still feel like I should. I'm not on a time limit, but I still feel like I'm not fast enough. I know that's not exactly a healthy attitude, but I don't know what to do about it either. does anyone else feel this way?

[liamnaughton7]

Oh my god don't get me started.
Kids and a full time job mean I get a measly hour to draw a day and it's fucking killing me. Considering bumping up that time for a while and getting a little less sleep but that will probably be a bad time.
I feel ya, whole thing sucks...

[TheLemmaLlama]

Yes, though for me it's less that I'm frustrated with being unable to find the time to write and more I'm frustrated I'm unable to make much progress in the time I do set aside. It makes me feel like if I spend 2 hours on a single line of dialogue, they I might as well just not set aside time at all and let the dialogue come to me throughout the day, then I get a line of dialogue and other stuff done with my 2 hours :'D

[ar-ninetysix]

Seriously! At that point, setting aside two hours of your life for a single line a dialogue feels like too much time wasted. And it's not exactly like you learned what mistakes not to make, you're just being picky with your words This is exactly why I wait until I get a spontaneous urge to write a lot rather than scheduling out time for it lmao

[feuersichel]

Jup, had a similar problem the last half year. Work was frustrating and tiring. I also had way to many past work obligations... I managed to get 2 Pages done durring this time... Luckily I had enough buffer pages but I needed to cut down on things. I wanna have that story finished durring my lifetime :')

[Lensing]

Reorganize your schedule and you have to do something against the overthinking,
there are excercises for that, I´m an overthinker too. Overthinking one line of dialogue and things
like that will always give you the feeling of not getting anything done.

Books like "atomic habits", "the one thing" and "outliers" helped me to reorganize what I´m doing
every day. Those books have some eye opening content about habits, work schedule how to do
things successfully with not much effort. I highly recommend to read all 3 books and apply that
to your situation

[TheDoublekey]

Very much relatable. I have this problem too and whenever I have the time to write, I always end up making very little progress. I tend to study a good chunk of the day and I can barely find the time to do what I like. It takes me about two to three hours to write down just a simple scene and it's sooo frustrating.

[LemmeGetCoffee]

a positive outlook on your conundrum would be that that's just the perfectionist in you nitpicking and fussing over the details.
at least that's my excuse. whenever I can't write or draw (which is unfortunately quite often) I consume art or literature until that little wisp of inspiration hits me. it doesn't matter when or where it happens, or even how much progress that little morsel of inspiration produces. I take whatever I can get. It's important to flesh the idea out on a piece of paper or a digital screen before you lose that particular vision/high. it doesn't matter if the idea is wonky.
mistakes are proof that you're trying and should be treated as a building block to progress your learning experience.

I hope that made sense. best of luck to you and everyone!

[system]

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