Real-Life Blues causes Creativity Obstipation

It has been a long time since I last published new images. And the longer I wait before I set out to do my next image manipulation, the more I feel ill-inspired and incapable.

Over the recent weeks, I have been very busy working on a couple of new projects, only to find that when my clients had paid and I in turn have settled my tax advance payments to the IRS, I find myself in the same situation as before my project - all that hard-earned money has dissolved for the benefit of our "beloved" and over-administrated state.

That's depressing and makes me mad. And it stifles all the creativity that I used to have. I feel it's kind of difficult to get back into the flow of creating new image ideas, shooting raw material for new manips, and feeling fulfilled for having created something new, when all I experience is having to work without reward.

Help! This looks like a hen-and-egg problem: I would like to experience energy obtained by having created somthing new, yet I feel incapable of creating because I feel depressed and devoid of energy...