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2 years ago
Howdy y'all. It's been a while.
When I made my update journal over a year ago I didn't think it would take so long to make another one. The last few years have been something. Not bad, not amazing, but full of change. My work, home, and social responsibilities have been more demanding in the last couple years than any other time in my life, and I cope with it all the way I always have; by seeking solitude and isolation.
I only hope no one feels hurt by my sudden and long absence. My lack of involvement in this community has been from a lack of energy, not from any personal issue. It is something I have long wanted to remedy, but I have difficulties with. I'd like to promise that I'm going to be more involved in this wonderful community going forward, but I don't want to promise more than I can give right now. Just know that I miss you all, I miss what I had here, and I long to return.
I'm planning on posting more art soon, but I will be doing so at my own pace. I probably won't open commissions for a while. I'm out of practice and need to work my way back up to it. I'll give a head's up when I'm ready to open again. I also want to be more social, even when I'm not posting. I've used my art as sort of a gateway to talking to people, and it's become enough of a crutch that I struggle to be socially active without it. Hence, a dip in productivity means I disappear. I don't really like that.
So yeah. I am where I am. I just want to let y'all out there know I'm doing ok, and I want to be around more; but also that isn't super easy for me right now. I hope life's good for all y'all, and that you're finding strength in stressful times. I'm taking things as they come, keeping it chill, and I hope I can connect with y'all some more soon.
When I made my update journal over a year ago I didn't think it would take so long to make another one. The last few years have been something. Not bad, not amazing, but full of change. My work, home, and social responsibilities have been more demanding in the last couple years than any other time in my life, and I cope with it all the way I always have; by seeking solitude and isolation.
I only hope no one feels hurt by my sudden and long absence. My lack of involvement in this community has been from a lack of energy, not from any personal issue. It is something I have long wanted to remedy, but I have difficulties with. I'd like to promise that I'm going to be more involved in this wonderful community going forward, but I don't want to promise more than I can give right now. Just know that I miss you all, I miss what I had here, and I long to return.
I'm planning on posting more art soon, but I will be doing so at my own pace. I probably won't open commissions for a while. I'm out of practice and need to work my way back up to it. I'll give a head's up when I'm ready to open again. I also want to be more social, even when I'm not posting. I've used my art as sort of a gateway to talking to people, and it's become enough of a crutch that I struggle to be socially active without it. Hence, a dip in productivity means I disappear. I don't really like that.
So yeah. I am where I am. I just want to let y'all out there know I'm doing ok, and I want to be around more; but also that isn't super easy for me right now. I hope life's good for all y'all, and that you're finding strength in stressful times. I'm taking things as they come, keeping it chill, and I hope I can connect with y'all some more soon.
I've known many people suffering from that.
Good luck, and don't push yourself too hard.
It certainly is a common problem. There's a lot to keep up with nowadays. I'm trying not to be too hard on myself for being less productive when I don't have the time or energy I used to have. Still I'd like to just be around more than last year, so that's a reasonably low bar to pass. Haha
Yeah, after COVID kinda cooled its tits, uh... the sheer backlog accumulated has now overwhelmed everyone.
Even life for me's been a bit more complicated than usual due to the sudden backlog overflow.