Creative Block and taking a break from your passions.

I consistently find myself victim to art block, comparison, and imposter syndrome. Art has been a passion for me from a young age, and I do truly love it. The past few months however, I have been stuck in this loop of taking a few days away from art and then forcing myself to draw even though I'm not finding any thorough enjoyment in it. Which is sad! I seem to be in this headspace of "I have to draw. I have to prove myself as an artist." but, who am I proving myself to? To an audience? To people I deem "better" than myself? I think I dealt with such a low self-esteem in my younger years that, despite moving past them now, they still seeped their way into how I feel towards my art. There seems to be this constant feeling that I have to one up myself and continue up this hill until I'm "good enough". Yet the only person who can measure that sort of worth is me. I think I'm going to put the pen down for now, and focus on myself more. 

"Stop trying. Take long walks. Look at scenery. Doze off at noon. Don't even think about flying, and pretty soon, you'll be flying again." - Ursula "Kiki's Delivery Service"