Hey everyone this is Fido artz and it's kind of been a long while since I've done a journal, at least to my knowledge in recent memory. And the reason I kind of stopped doing them often is because I'm not sure a lot of people read them or comment on them often. But I figured it's something I should get back to doing sometimes.


Anyways today is my birthday and I'm going to be turning 28, sometimes I often forget how old I am on my birthdays because sometimes they do go by so fast. The difference being celebrating my birthday during this week as a Birth week with cake and presents on Tuesday and barbecue on a Wednesday which both turned out very great. And the reason for celebrating this on a week rather than on a day is because me and mom will be flying out to Oklahoma and Kansas to see our family for a couple of days while my stepdad watches our house and our dogs.


I'm still debating on whether or not I should take my laptop along with my steam deck I got as a carry on. If I choose not to bring it I will most likely be away from drawing on my laptop and also have no access to some sites like FA, with the exception of my cell phone to keep in touch with networked things or apps like DeviantArt, YouTube, and even with my friends on Discord. Besides those I would probably consider it a vacation leave of sorts. But I will be making up my mind before i leave and let you guys know.

Anyways, Besides all that I think I notice lately when i wanting to create art, animations, written work, maybe even videos i get caught up on the idea of too much focus on practicing and perfecting my art, setting my expectations too high, and having too many ideas I keep in mind or put off on the backburner. It makes it easy for me to forget how it is to just have fun drawing and creating things thus leading to procrastination to where not a lot of things get done at all. I just can't let that happen.

If there is one thing i missed back then in my 2010s day early to mid was just having fun creating things like it felt like a hobby and leisure and being active on the internet with my friends and that's something i wanted back after getting done with some of my college classes. Where sometimes i just need to take a step back and realize when some things are not such a big deal and not let the idea of chasing success or perfectionism take me for granted let alone me take success for granted. because they are both somewhat a stressful and dangerous mindset to have being an artist or creator. even when i am busy doing other things IRL and online. sometimes i wonder if other artists and creators had go thought these mindsets as well, it just something i noticed in social media.

With that tangent out of the way, despite with how chaotic and confusing the world gets, I'm still glad that some of you guys are still around, stopping by to check out my work even if I don't put out a lot of it for the obvious reasons and glad that most of you enjoyed it and I hope all of you are been doing okay and you continue to push through what goes on in life. I look forward to the Autumn season for sure. Hopefully it will lift my motivation and spirits a bit and just see what good this year brings. Nice to check in with you guys as I go on 28 and have a blessed good day and stay artzy. ^_^