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2 years ago
Sorry for falling off the radar again! But, as you can see, I'm here again to report on why I've been gone for so long and my future plans.
And so, it all started when I lost my job in February last year. I think you remember this episode. For six months I couldn’t find a job in my specialty and even got a temporary job working in the bar of a restaurant with not the best conditions and reputation. Shifts of 14 hours took a lot of my energy, which is why I couldn’t draw at all. After a month of work, I was paid approximately 100$. After that I didn’t appear there again.
I tried to earn money by drawing, but after a long absence from the platform, all activity disappeared. The updated reminder policy also did not help in obtaining money. To be honest, the YCHes and commissions sold did not pay for my efforts, since my mental state was very unstable. I didn’t have my own money, my girlfriend and my mother helped me, but even this was not enough for a normal existence. For six months I lived in constant tension and nothing worked out.
I had to get a job in a store. The salary is around 300$ and this is basically enough to survive. 12-hour shifts still exhaust me so much that I barely have enough strength to realize myself and draw commissions. In addition, the conditions in this store are not the best, because for a low salary they require me to be a cashier, a consultant, a security guard, and a cleaner.
Besides that, my headmistress is clearly not a very mentally healthy person who refuses to admit it. She doesn’t appreciate my constant free help at all, but she scolds me for the slightest fail. She makes up things she didn't say and denies what she did, accusing me of gaslighting. In the future, she is going to force me to pay for the stolen goods alone, since I am the only one at the checkout, and the others are simply not allowed in for her. Supposedly this is my area of responsibility. There is too much responsibility and it does not pay for my efforts, but at the moment I simply have no choice. I have nowhere else to go.
However, in January next year I will return to rehabilitation for therapy, and in February I will return to Belarus to change my passport and withdraw money from my bank account. After this, I plan to change my place of work to a more presentable one, having a safety net. Next year I will try hard to get rid of debts, moreover, I will redraw all the art that I owe, since my skill has changed extremely during this time, and I have begun to draw much better.
I am planning to create a to-do list and ask for your help: all those to whom I owe art, please write to me in messages with the subject "to-do", to whom I owe what YCH-es. I will also think about bonuses for waiting. I will try to remember everyone myself, but this will help you a lot, since I cannot vouch for my memory.
I also got an account on Blue Sky https://bsky.app/profile/gabitodmateur.bsky.social. It's empty for now, but I'll be releasing updates in the future! You can also write to me about invite codes and I will answer as soon as I have one available!
Thank you very much for listening to me. Sorry for everything that happened. I know that I made a lot of promises, but sometimes circumstances turn out to be stronger. Despite everything, I love you all and sincerely want to please you in the future.