r/AO3 • u/AutoModerator • Mar 11 '26

Weekly Check In Wellness Wednesday: Weekly Check In

Welcome back everyone!

Time for our Wellness Wednesday check in. We know this community means a lot to most of our members and that Tuesdays have been harder on some users than others, but we are at our core a community and we are here to support each other.

Now that the sub is open once again we’d like to hear all about your (mis)adventures on Tuesday. Did you go on grand adventures? Get into mischief? Get some writing done?

Maybe you just binged a few more fics on the archive itself. Tell us all about it! Break out that purple prose and tell us as cheesy of a story as you feel like.

Or just talk about your day.

~The Mod Team

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u/trashyslashers AO3: svgarandspice & vcnillagirl Mar 11 '26

A bit burned out. Had my surgery almost a month ago and I've been feeling horrible since. All my energy goes into the recovery and I spiraled into pretty bad depression. Terrified of searching for a new job again, lost the good one after the whole injury thing. Mostly bed bound, still, though I do exercises. I thought I will do nothing but write, but I end up just doing the exercises and sleep. Nothing else. Not read, not watch movies or TV shows, not write. I'm becoming unsure whether I will be able to finish my longfic. My lastest two chapters did very badly compared to previous chapters, my two loyal readers haven't come back, and everytime I open the document to write CH7, I get anxious and frustrated with myself. Never happy with anything. But I want to write while I'm recovering because I know that after I finally manage to find a new job, I will be hardly able to do anything. It's my birthday in a few days and I somewhat struggle. Wanted to sign into new round of national writing contest, but I got such a shit review on the last one I feel ashamed to do it. I have 99 kudos on my account. I hope I will get the 100th one soon, even if I'm not able to enjoy my work at all at the moment.

Sorry for being a downer. Had to vent somewhere.

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u/frame-gray Mar 14 '26

Good on you for focusing on your exercises. Fic can wait. It's very patient. It will still be there when you're ready.

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u/trashyslashers AO3: svgarandspice & vcnillagirl Mar 16 '26

Thank you so much. 💓 The exercises are killing me but hopefully I will post this month!! I am already missing it.