Anything you can do —from a creative point of view— when your mind is foggy?

Today I feel exactly like that. Maybe it's the fact that I've been resting badly for a couple of weeks, and some worries. And, why not to say it, a certain feeling of having too many open loops at the moment.

Yes, I know the theory, but sometimes even that doesn't help.

3 alternatives to creatively tackle your foggy mind

1️⃣ Just throw in the towel: It's okay, the world doesn't end because you stop writing and publishing one day. Accept it and feel good about yourself if that's your choice.

2️⃣ Use some of your bullets in the chamber: Ideally, you will have saved ideas in your system to write about, that you decided to keep in a moment of greater lucidity, precisely for this kind of moments.

3️⃣ Explore: You can either explore the idea of your mental fog or, as is the case, try to figure out how to deal with it.

I could have opted for the first one, without remorse.

But I fear it could simply be the beginning of another habit, that of not publishing. Regarding the second one, the ideas stored in my system need an elaboration that today is clearly out of my scope.

It's crystal clear to me the third option has allowd me:

• to save my skin and to keep on showing up here daily,

• to work on my ego, so as not to let perfectionism overcome my small daily progress,

• to work on acceptance, a result produced is better than one simply imagined,

• and by not overthinking it, to write this piece in much less time than other more brainy ones.

My mind is in a muddle. Like... thick fog. I can't make sense to myself sometimes. —Edward D. Wood Jr.