I will be the first to admit that I have been in a f***ing creative rut for about 6 months. I have never been able to specifically pin-point what causes this feeling, as I’m assuming it’s an array of different factors (see below for my hypothesis). However, I sure can pin-point what’s dragging me out of it (I can tell you for free it’s not googling "how to get out of a creative rut”).
As I said, I’m not entirely sure what causes this mindset to arise in the first place; but I have narrowed it down to this list of potential factors:
stress that has 0% relation to work
stress that has 100% relation to work
the TikTok algorithm deciding to play a joke on me
overthinking work
overthinking life
not getting up and just doing it