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Creative burnout is inevitable. I recently took a different approach to overcome it — and it worked.

I was inspired by my friend’s comment about ‘fallow periods’

Perspective by
Lily contributor
November 10, 2019 at 9:31 a.m. EST

One of the nice things about growing older is getting the chance to approach old problems in new, more informed ways. As a cartoonist, I have dealt with burnout periodically and often pushed myself to “get over it” to my own detriment. This time I took a different approach.