u/Fencin_Penguin

Hello. I think I've been dealing with burnout in the final stages of writing my thesis, and if I can't claw my way out I serious won't finish in time. I was pushing myself super hard Jan-Mar this year when I got the worst sickness of my life over spring break (wasn't strep, covid, or flu tested for all of them). I haven't been able to get into the same workflow since despite having all the time in the world over summer. Anything I do just feels like a slog/pulling teeth. I'm not sure if I should've spent time back in April taking a proper break to clear the burnout instead of trying to get back into it. How do you all prevent burnout before it starts? And if you find yourself in it, how do you pull yourself out, or is it just keep going no matter how bad it gets?

Thank you in advance for any advice!

Hello, I found this pattern on Etsy (shop is Aureli as shown in the screenshot). I got bad vibes from a new shop (under 1 year) with hundreds of sales, so I reversed image searched it and found multiple shops with this image trying to sell this embroidery pattern.

Other than the prevalence of shops with this image, I think there's also some thread gradients that aren't possible in real life, but it also might be the lighting instead. I don't see any weird stitches right now, but I'm relatively new to the craft so I might be missing something. The original image also could have just been stolen by dropshippers as well. I am trying to find the original shop/artist if it's not AI!

https://preview.redd.it/k58dqfza7l7h1.png?width=739&format=png&auto=webp&s=23ce5940b210fbe6fa197795375f0b44d434b9dc