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Started a second job
4 years ago
Hey everyone,
Just realised I never posted about this here. So at the start of December, I was at a point where I felt like the only way I could get on top of things was to get a second job. A part time thing, the job itself isn't too demanding so it's just something I can do for a few hours a day and earn some extra money, aat least earning enough to keep myself afloat. The purpose is so that I can put taking in more commissions on hold while I clear my current list, so that while the ones I currently have may still take a while, future ones will be much faster. Over Christmas, I was of course taking more hours because of how busy the store was so through December I wasn't able to get much artwork done, but it's started to stabilise now.
To everyone who has an outstanding commission from me, I can't thank you enough for the patience, 2021 was such a tough year. I feel... Really defeated about having to get a second job at the moment, I really didn't want to have to resort to it so that I could stay on my artwork full time. I'm constantly having to remind myself "this is temporary, it's not forever." But with how the pandemic has gone, as hard as I tried I just wasn't able to make enough to meet how much I needed to make in terms of income. I really tried to, but every time I was in a position to start taking on enough commissions per month to sustain me something would happen that would slow me down and I'd be right back to square one. I'm still not 100% sure I've made the right decision with getting a second job, but I've not really been left with much choice. So please bare with me just a little longer.
I just want to make art for a living.
Just realised I never posted about this here. So at the start of December, I was at a point where I felt like the only way I could get on top of things was to get a second job. A part time thing, the job itself isn't too demanding so it's just something I can do for a few hours a day and earn some extra money, aat least earning enough to keep myself afloat. The purpose is so that I can put taking in more commissions on hold while I clear my current list, so that while the ones I currently have may still take a while, future ones will be much faster. Over Christmas, I was of course taking more hours because of how busy the store was so through December I wasn't able to get much artwork done, but it's started to stabilise now.
To everyone who has an outstanding commission from me, I can't thank you enough for the patience, 2021 was such a tough year. I feel... Really defeated about having to get a second job at the moment, I really didn't want to have to resort to it so that I could stay on my artwork full time. I'm constantly having to remind myself "this is temporary, it's not forever." But with how the pandemic has gone, as hard as I tried I just wasn't able to make enough to meet how much I needed to make in terms of income. I really tried to, but every time I was in a position to start taking on enough commissions per month to sustain me something would happen that would slow me down and I'd be right back to square one. I'm still not 100% sure I've made the right decision with getting a second job, but I've not really been left with much choice. So please bare with me just a little longer.
I just want to make art for a living.
