I'm sorry this is happening to you right now. You deserve peace and quiet on your birthday. I know I'm doing a payment plan. But I do not mind waiting at all for the piece I'm getting. It's a gift for someone special to me. And their more than happy to wait for good quality art. Most people dont understand that artists are people too. And should understand art takes time. And when its rushed. It doesnt look great and isnt the best they can get.

Please take time for yourself. Art is a wonderful thing but health and mental health are way more important and it’s totally okay to take a day off. Especially for your birthday. Please put your pen down and go out or relax and don’t push yourself. Some people will be impatient but don’t let that get in the way of your health. If there’s someone rushing you please consider making a blacklist for reasons such as things like rushers, scammers, ghosts, and bully’s or negative watchers.

Sending you warm vibes. One of the weirdest things about furaffinity is that there is such an extreme buy and sell culture on FA and even DA as well, the community and social aspect seems barren. People are being overworked regularly and have no time to tell each other they value each other outside of content creation.

As literal humans. Not whatever ideal species, but as homo sapiens on the internet, seeking love, care, and affection. That being said: the holiday and winter seasons can be some of the worst times for mental health crisis. I'm always concerned on if there are ways I can help community members after having my own brutal mental health battles. Frequently I still try to interact with the community in a way that is away from the stringent model of all interactions being based in the idea of exchange of labor. What? I do not feel as if this model is sustainable, and it leaves artists feeling like they can ONLY post about their sales, business, and never themselves as people with lives, feelings, desires, hobbies, goals, aspirations and hopes for life.

I do not think you are being that dramatic. Art sites should ALSO be about interacting with people's arts to help them GROW as artists, as friends, as people you would wave hello to on the street and ask questions about how their life is, WITHOUT the ongoing element of pressuring people to be art machines......

I will note you my discord if you need someone to speak with independent of buying/selling/obtaining your labor. If life is getting this stressful for other artists, I'd rather just donate funds to those who are getting "vaguely to extremely " traumatized by trying to be a creator. Good luck with life, I support YOU and I hope you make it through this brutal time. Enough is enough.

Your health is the most important thing, take care of yourself. Take your time, and keep being amazing ❤

Also happy birthday if no one has said it. You deserve that much