Author: Zach Archer
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BlogMy biggest on-going problem that I continue to struggle with is motivation. I have so many things that I want to get done, that I need to get done, but I struggle to find the time and energy to really get them done. It also doesn’t help that lately I’ve been waking up much later than I’d prefer, so that has been severely cutting into my time to get anything done as well. While time management and motivation certainly aren’t the only problems I’m dealing with, they are probably the two biggest obstacles that directly interfere with allowing myself to make any progress towards where I want to be. I feel like I might be in desperate need of some concrete to-do lists, both daily and long-term, to hold myself more accountable in some way.
It is just so incredibly difficult to find any motivation when I’m at such an all-time low. Not only do I feel drained emotionally, mentally, and physically day in and day out, but I struggle with my own self-esteem and feel overwhelmed by all of the things I need to improve on. I feel lost, I feel lonely, I feel sad, I feel weak, I feel worthless; I feel all of these things at different points, if not all at once sometimes. It’s tough, it really is. And as much as I want to say that I want to feel better about myself so that I can be happy, I really can’t shake the feeling that I want to be better so that I might fully believe I deserve that happiness. I’ve had glimpses of me taking a stand or going out on a limb for happiness I think I deserve, and at my core I do believe that all good people deserve happiness regardless, but I consistently feel like I screw things up or put myself in worse positions because of mistakes I’ve made, to the extent that I might not even deserve happiness right now. I’m definitely not a bad person in any way, so it’s not that I don’t deserve it in that sense, but I just feel like I’ve had this “woe is me” attitude about things and haven’t been active enough in fixing my issues in everything from myself to my position in life at large. Hopefully what I just said makes some sort of sense because I’m not sure it’s the most coherent thing I’ve ever written. Heck, I don’t even know if I believe it at this point. Of course I deserve happiness, but I just need to get my shit together and make it happen because no one else is gonna make it happen for me.
And there’s where it comes full circle, it all leads back to motivation. With the right amount of motivation anything is possible, but it’s almost like I’m so used to going through depression that I barely know what it’s like to be out of it, so it’s even harder to find that real motivation. It is a rough spot to be in. It’s especially rough when I have moments when I think I’ve finally found the key to my happiness, and they’re really just more hurdles for me to trip over and make it sting even worse. Just when I think I’m finally clawing myself out, a reality check will kick me back down.
Sorry that this blog was a particularly depressing one, but that’s just the reality of depression, I guess. It’s an on-going struggle and it’s not pretty. It brings out your insecurities and amplifies them, and it will take a lot of strength, determination, and motivation to get through it. I’m not giving up.
Videos I Posted This Week:

Survivor 41 Ep. 6 Reaction – Tarqaron 
Survivor: Palau Ep. 6 Reaction (Impostor Handwriting) – Tarqaron
Things I Enjoyed This Week:
The Jackbox Party Pack (video game)
Squid Game (Netflix series)
Survivor: Palau Ep. 6 Reaction (Impostor Handwriting) – Tarqaron
Survivor, Survivor: Palau, TarqaronDiscussion:
Reaction Highlights:
Survivor 41 Ep. 6 Reaction – Tarqaron
Survivor, Survivor 41, TarqaronDiscussion:
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Just Writing
BlogEverything in life is so damn uncertain. I constantly second-guess myself because I feel like as soon as I get anything resembling happiness it gets ripped away from me, almost like a constant reality check. Like, oh, you thought you were gonna be happy now? nah, now’s not the time and it makes me doubt if I’ll ever truly be happy. Some things I feel so damn sure of and then something turns them on their head in the next instant. One moment I think I’ve finally found the answer and in the next it becomes another symptom of my sadness. I’m not much of a poet but I guess when you just speak from the heart without much of a plan it can give off that vibe. I’m always racking my brain until the eleventh hour about what to write for these blogs but I guess sometimes I should just type and see where it takes me. I feel like I had this very same epiphany many moons ago when I wrote one of the blogs just like this, by writing whatever was on my mind without stressing each little word and how everything was phrased. But since then maybe I’ve lost that a little, and in a sense I’ve given myself less freedom with these blogs than I should by feeling like each one should fit into a nice presentable topic or take on a particular theme.
This blog was always meant to be an outlet for me to express my feelings and thoughts in an open and authentic way. The only problem is that a lot of what is top of mind for me lately is deeply personal, and not exactly what I would or should be talking about on this public website, at least not any time soon. Not that it’s bad or anything, but more that it pertains to specific people and situations which are on-going and not just things of the past. This is something I mentioned way back when I started this blog, that I would never talk about specific people or anything that would feel like an invasion of privacy because no one is consenting to be talked about publicly in this way just by associating themselves with me. So as much as the blog has been liberating for me, it is obviously still very limited in that I can’t just talk about anything in my life because of course it would have real-life ramifications or affect other people rather than just myself. So what’s the solution there, could I do some private writing about my deepest and more personal thoughts? I mean yeah, sure, but when would I realistically have the time for that? I am already struggling to find the time for everything from what I need to do to what I want to do, between all of my existing responsibilities/obligations. So as much as additional, private writing would probably be beneficial for me, I don’t know if it’s realistic to do so right now.
So for now I’ve gotta keep some thoughts bottled-up, which of course is a bummer and almost the antithesis to this blog, but it’s just what I’ve gotta do. What’s worse is that I wish I could just shout these thoughts for the whole world to hear, but I simply can’t. It’s a frustrating position to be in, but one that everyone will be in at some point or another. Maybe you’ll read these thoughts in a damn book years down the road.
So for now I’m just dealing with a lot emotionally/mentally. I wish things could be different, I wish I could be stronger in the face of these things, but here I am. Big crybaby energy. But that’s just another part of coming to terms with who I really am. My heart has felt heavy so often recently, I’m just trying to keep myself mentally above ground as much as I can at this point. I feel like the next few months of my life will be an especially trying time for me, but I have to make the best of it and hopefully come out stronger on the other side. I’m fully prepared for lots of ups and downs.
Videos I Posted This Week:

Survivor 41 Ep. 5 Reaction – Tarqaron 
Survivor: Palau Ep. 5 Reaction (Ulong Hell) – Tarqaron 
Midnight Mass Review – Tarqaron 
Okay, this Little Mix album is pretty good too (Confetti) 
*NSFW* MINDCRUSHERS #1 – Tarqaron
Things I Enjoyed This Week:
The Jackbox Party Pack (video game)
Squid Game (Netflix series)
Survivor 41 (tv series)
CHVRCHES (music artist)
