#i need to find something old to do a redraw or smth

[merlinmerlot]

hey I've been following you for years and I'm so amazed at how far youve come in your art. it's so good thank you for sharing

omg .. this is such a sweet message thank you so much ;_;

[speci-society]

Hey I had to reference my list of low energy/sick day activities today actually! Sometimes i just wake up with a headache that doesn't go away for a whole day regardless of hydration, nutrition or like. Asprin. And i just kinda have to rest the whole day until i can sleep it off. Which happened today and i highly suggest figuring out your own personal list of go-to things! Heres my own examples, which are pretty specific to me but hopefully i explained what would be specific to You well-

- off the bat, generally my list is just doing things i know very well- whether its rewatching movies that i know every scene from or replaying games i know like the back of my hand. If you're having trouble thinking of smth to do for a low energy/sick day, think of something youre familiar with enough to where its still enjoyable, but doesn't take as much physical or mental energy. Most of my other examples are specific to me but maybe itll get ya thinking

- i have some go-to shows and movies that i know by heart, but crucially, i know where to find them. The 2004 spongebob movie I have on dvd and i've been watching like, at least once a year basically since i was a toddler, and there's a full high quality upload of the 1996 hunchback of notre dame that i watch like a video essay when im bored. Both things i can access easily that i don't have to get like, devote all my mental energy into watching and listening bc i know what happens in them, but are still satisfying bc they're also just my 2 favorite movies of all time and just happen to usually hold up on Very frequent rewatch

- similarly, my go-to games are just games i know front to back, which looks different for everyone. I don't think most people would consider Terraria or The Binding of Isaac to be relaxing, but i know like, the routine of what to do in them so well bc i've played them so, so much. But again, theyre still enjoyable bc well. Terraria is a massive sandbox game where a lot of the fun comes from what you wanna make of it, and TBoI is a roguelike that is really quick to start up a run, everything's randomized but in a familiar way (ie if you play long enough, you know what items do what and what strategies to use), most of the gameplay is just Move and Shoot Tears at Monsters, and a run ends in usually under an hour (except ig if ur going for like. Ending of Repentance but i havent gotten there yet lmfao) bc either you win or you die and boom thats that short run

- this is again, not a super wide appeal strategy I Guess bc not everyone has dolls but lately i've found that if i need an off screen sick day thing to do is to just dress my dolls up. I've got a few rainbow high dolls and a couple monster high ooaks, and if you dont know much abt rh, most dolls come with a 2nd complete outfit, so if you have a few dolls you end up with twice as many clothes and if i need to be away from a screen, sometimes i just dress up and pose my gals w their excess of clothes

- heres an art one i do sometimes!! I draw pretty often, usually at least once a day just bc i have a lot of Thoughts amd drawing is my main way to get them out. So sometimes a day comes where im feeling sick and i want to draw but can't think of smth, i'll just find smth i drew anywhere from a few months ago to several years ago and redraw it with my current skills and style. Not only does it not take energy to try and come up with something for a subject or idea, but i also really like comparing the two and seeing how ive changed! Hell i made it a bit of a tradition to redraw one sketch i made in like january 2020 just bc i did it twice already, why not like 4 more times every few months when ive got nothing else to draw? Its not for everyone, ik a lot of ppl dont like looking through their old art but if you do heres smth ig

- also, journaling! Versatile, can be on screen (if you dont have the energy to write on paper it might be easier to type) or on paper (if you have the energy to write by hand and don't wanna be at a screen). Doesn’t have to be deep. Can be if you want, if yoh have the mental energy to reflect or go think abt some Deep Shit and thats what you wanna journal abt then go for it. You can also just journal your stream of consciousness which is what i tend to do. Again, its versatile bc 1. It helps my adhd brain remember things by writing them down, 2. It gets more Thoughts outta my Head, 3. Just writing down my stream of consciousness does not take a lot of effort from me personally and is fun for me, and as a bonus, 4. Sometimes its funny to read back over later

- also wanna mention that if youve got prior plans, if you don't think you can get through them you can let ppl know. My mom and i were gonna get some things together for my grandma today and spend the morning with her, but i let hwr know i might not be able to and it worked out that doing it tomorrow worked better anyway. And i had a dnd session in the afternoon that i still wanted to be present for and thought i could (it was also online so), but i told everyone and made the compromise that i could type out all my actions and whatever id say out loud, since i knew trying to speak it for 4 hours would make me way more sick. And the session was super great!

Find things that you enjoy that require as little mental and physical energy as possible, so that when you’re drained and need a day to recover, your “recovery” isn’t just sitting in bed on TikTok for eight hours.