I'm going to talk about a problem I have, and that is that if I don't do at least a little bit of work I feel shitty and like the whole day was a waste. This has and will inevitably lead to burnout, and burnout is the enemy.
Like all skills, writing is something you have to practice, and ideally you should practice every day but that's... not actually practical. You need to give your brain time to recharge and, almost more importantly, when you finish a story you need to set it down for at least a couple days so you can read through it with fresh eyes and catch the plot holes and errors you missed.
Also writing should be fun. I mean it's work and some days it's going to feel like work, but you wouldn't be doing it if you didn't enjoy it. No one is forcing you to write but you, I hope.
The problem with something being fun and also productive is that you want to do it all the time and you beat yourself up when you can't. Reward yourself on days you're not writing, not a lot, but something small and tell yourself that it's because you've done so much work and you need to let your brain refresh. Don't be an Aki, staring brain dead at the same short story because the concept of time off is foreign to you you tiny disaster.
Be smarter than an Aki
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