I'm refreshed and ready to take on this year at last!

In real life news, I returned from a five day trip to Honolulu, Hawaii which I didn't plan until the last minute but was worth every penny! It was relaxing yet fun, and got a chance to go to a luau for the first time. Not a dull moment. This vacation was much needed, especially in a therapeutic sense because of the struggles in the second half of 2022. To say it was a rough year was an understatement. My drive and motivation came to a standstill due to a psychopathic boss, but in the end I think the job and company was a bad fit for my career in spite of earlier hopes. I'm ready to move onto the new job I secured starting on Monday. It's a remote job and won't have as good perks as the last, but I feel it will have a better work life balance and culture.

I plan to be just as active as I was in the early part of 2022 if not more. Some Sparks stuff is in the works, amongst other surprises and maybe some things I haven't tried in a long time such as characters in different cartoons/animes, possibly different styles/themes to experiment with.

Updated commission stuff will appear in a separate journal. I'm moving towards Ko-Fi as my main platform for payments going forward but stay tuned~

Also, check out my presence on Mastodon: https://layer8.space/@pichu90