Daily Prompt – February 7, 2026

Yes, I need a break. I think most people do from something most of the time. Right now, I need a break from responsibilities. I won’t get one even if it’s actually feasible because it’s not really my nature. I feel off if I’m not in control of certain things. People in my life have tried to help with this issue before but it usually results in more stress not less.

Right now, I am tired of school and work. Now school is one thing because I will get a few different breaks from it this year due to how my classes are scheduled and it ends in December when I graduate. In the meantime, I’ve said this before, I’m tired of the time it eats from my life. As for work, I love my job and I’m really not tired of it. I’m tired of working in general.

I go through this phase every few years. My creativity is peaking and I want to spend all my time immersed in creative pursuits and work takes away from that. The dream of spending my days making things becomes stronger and wars with the reality of needing money that I can rely on. I would absolutely love to spend my days streaming and coloring. My breaks being to work on knitting, crochet, or diamond painting.

I’m sure someone will say, Flower, why not quit and do that. Encourage me to monetize as a streamer or sell my creations or both. It’s not that I haven’t thought of this. I even had an Etsy store many years ago when I was making jewelry and doing wood burning and glass etching more consistently. But it wasn’t ever going to make the money I need to live. These ideas are great but theres 2 very big problems with them and they are sort of interconnected. One is that it’s very hard to make a consistent income doing these things. The other is that I end up so focused on them and being successful in them that they essentially become work and are no longer fun. That sort of defeats the purpose.

So while I need a break and I want to these things full time, I learn to find the time and take the small breaks and cherish them.