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Sometimes, our biggest fight is with ourselves.

Now that's 2012 is about to end, I'm thinking about what I learned. It wasn't a bad year. I reached my goals, though everything didn't go as smoothly and perfect as I wanted. I'm having a huge economical pressure, but I've got independence. And I don't want to go back to my parents house UXD I've learned a lot about friendship and love, through personal experiences and through other friends... I´ve faced some situations that dissapointed me a lot. But the most important thing, is that I learned a lot about me.

I've started the year feeling very depressed. Thinking that I wasn't good enough to live as an artist, or maybe that I wasn't good enough for nothing. I was searching a job desperately, (I even did a waitress course) and it took my time to notice that I only found jobs easily in the artistic area.
But even then, something was still wrong with me, becouse I keep thinking that I wasn't good enough drawing, that my efforts were in vain, and when something good would happen to me, something terribly bad was waiting just around the corner. And with that kind of thoughts in mind, who would be able to fight?

I've had projects and ideas, but I wasn't brave enough to work on them. Is like having a voice inside of you, telling constantly that you're not good enough, that nobody likes you, that trying is useless...

It was hard for me to admit that I've had a huge problem and that I need some help.

Today I'm fighting hard to earn self-esteem and to love myself and what I do.

Sorry for my bad english. But I only want to say that the most important thing we must do, is to love ourselves, becouse without that is impossible to find what we are really able to do. Depression, low self-esteem, anxiety, are common monsters, so common that maybe we don't even know that they are there bugging us, and we don't fight them.

SO GO AND FIGHT!
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~purplepixi Jan 14, 2013
I found it was hard to admit I needed help, but after I did the love and support that came through was amazing. And when I opened up about it, many others I know did too. I think sometimes we are all scared to admit we need help with our monsters. And everybody has a monster, they all just have different names. I know I'm a total stranger, but you are very talented in what you do. Take comfort that no one can take your art from you, no one can take your talent from you. You are talented, your art is LOVELY and uniquely you, and you are wonderful for posting your monsters so pubicly. Thank you :)
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*PistacioNotebook321 Dec 28, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Oh, how I can relate to this ;^;
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*emptee182 Dec 25, 2012
niiiiice XD
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!ChazzleDazzle61 Dec 22, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Almost made me cry
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~dennia Dec 20, 2012  Professional General Artist
Totalmente de acuerdo, y muy inspirador. Yo me he sentido igual este año, y es duro salir de ahí, pero como dices, me di cuenta de lo fácil que es autocompadecerse, y me di cuenta que no me llevaba a ningún sitio, así que decidí luchar.

Ánimo guapa, yo sé que llegarás lejos, porque aunque eres una artistaza tremenda, tienes lo más importante: la perseverancia. Un besote!!
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*OlayaValle Dec 20, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Aunque aquí lo aplico exclusivamente al dibujo, estos últimos años fueron un palo detrás de otro que afectaron un montón a mi carácter y mi autoestima, y que luego repercutieron en todos los aspectos de mi vida...pero supongo que lo importante es darse cuenta y luchar. Pero muchas gracias por los ánimos, además tienes mucha razón en que lo importante es luchar, porque autocompadecerse y rebozarse en la miseria de uno es muy cómodo.
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~dennia Dec 28, 2012  Professional General Artist
Sí, te comprendo perfectamente, la vida nos da muy pocas alegrías y muchas, muchísimas tristezas y problemas, y más aún si sumamos la situación actual, es asfixiante.
Así que lo mismo, muchísimo ánimo guapa!
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*LadyCamafeo Dec 17, 2012  Student General Artist
No veas que pedazo de lección me acabas de dar, eres GRANDE, siempre lo has sido y siempre lo serás :)
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*OlayaValle Dec 17, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
:hug:
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~Ma-lika Dec 17, 2012
love ourselves and believe in ourselves. thank you for that little frank story (sorry for my google translated english :))) )
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