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Some Words to End 2023
2 years ago
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Hello there everyone !
I suppose it is tradition to end the Year with one last Journal to kind of summarize the past months and elaborate on my hopes and « Intentions » for the new Year to come…
(I already mentioned this last Year but I have learned that « Intentions » where a better term than « Resolutions », as they are less taxing mentally and doesn’t bring your morale down too much if you can’t fufill them)
But this time, I felt like I needed to actually look back at what I have said last Year, to see if I have been able to actually make due with my « Intentions »…
Aaaaand… It’s doesn’t seem like I totally did it at first glance… But I think I had made small steps toward those goals… Let me explain…
It has been true, that I had many Set-backs and obstacles on the way, from Tech-problems, to « Administrative Slowliness », to IRL issues/obligations and even sickness…
But during this time, I also felt like I made important -even if a bit tidious- steps toward what I wished back then
-I am improving my mental health after seeing specialists, establishing daily routines and starting to take medications….
-I am still doing commissions, even though I have been slowed down significantly because of a large work that I have done my part on BUT ISN’T REVEALED AS UP TODAY so I can’t talk about it…
Also, I have already mentionned it not too long ago, but I’ll have to Re-think my Pricing AS WELL as the way I handle Commissions…
-I have refound back inspiration to do drawings outside of Commissions by either revisiting old projects of mine of doing fanarts…
-I have made a group of IRL friends, with which I socialize and play on a weekly basis… And plan to use my own figures in said games…
As for the Wargaming side of things, I didnt re-start assembling and painting but I have been investigating around the hobby for new tools and models to use, been given for Christmas a quite extensive hobby kit, including a battery-powered trimmer…
It has been interesting for me to see what exists out there beside Games Workshop, either in 3rd party models or 3D Printing (Heck ! I even did participate and promoted at least 2 Kickstarters related to the subject !!!!)
So with those 2 informations combined, I feel like way more options for miniatures, and games to use them in, have been quite broaden, giving more inspiration and motivations to do so…
Basically, it felt like 2023 have been a little lacking but was a necessary prep-time to get myself ready…
It’s kind of like Foundation Works when you make a building :
It’s Long, it can be both hard and/or dull, it isn’t that rewarding on its own but it’s still a necessary step in the process…
Or to use a Gardening Imagery, at the end of 2022, I was the happy lil farmer, ready with his lil apple-seeds, wanting to make some cider…
But I didnt have the good enough/right tools AND I didnt know I needed to pass a plough through the field before planting!!!
2023 kinda felt like me passing a big plough to actually get myself ready for the better part !!!
Sorry if my prose make this year sound quite drab-I still had many fun times in 2023- but it just didn’t feel like I had done a lot of personal progresses, especially in the last few months…
Did all of this take more time than it would to someone else in my place ?
Probably a lil bit…
I mean even if some elements were out of my control, I think it’s kinda clear « Speed » never has been my "Forte"…
I always were the kind of kid you had to explain twice as much as any other before he could understand AND I valued way more quality and caring for details than speed…
But I suppose that now that the field is ready, it’s time for me to sow my works… Let’s hope at the end of 2024, the Harvest would be worth a while…
Thank’s for still following me even if I have been quite silent this year
And Have a Happy New Year !!!!
I suppose it is tradition to end the Year with one last Journal to kind of summarize the past months and elaborate on my hopes and « Intentions » for the new Year to come…
(I already mentioned this last Year but I have learned that « Intentions » where a better term than « Resolutions », as they are less taxing mentally and doesn’t bring your morale down too much if you can’t fufill them)
But this time, I felt like I needed to actually look back at what I have said last Year, to see if I have been able to actually make due with my « Intentions »…
Aaaaand… It’s doesn’t seem like I totally did it at first glance… But I think I had made small steps toward those goals… Let me explain…
It has been true, that I had many Set-backs and obstacles on the way, from Tech-problems, to « Administrative Slowliness », to IRL issues/obligations and even sickness…
But during this time, I also felt like I made important -even if a bit tidious- steps toward what I wished back then
-I am improving my mental health after seeing specialists, establishing daily routines and starting to take medications….
-I am still doing commissions, even though I have been slowed down significantly because of a large work that I have done my part on BUT ISN’T REVEALED AS UP TODAY so I can’t talk about it…
Also, I have already mentionned it not too long ago, but I’ll have to Re-think my Pricing AS WELL as the way I handle Commissions…
-I have refound back inspiration to do drawings outside of Commissions by either revisiting old projects of mine of doing fanarts…
-I have made a group of IRL friends, with which I socialize and play on a weekly basis… And plan to use my own figures in said games…
As for the Wargaming side of things, I didnt re-start assembling and painting but I have been investigating around the hobby for new tools and models to use, been given for Christmas a quite extensive hobby kit, including a battery-powered trimmer…
It has been interesting for me to see what exists out there beside Games Workshop, either in 3rd party models or 3D Printing (Heck ! I even did participate and promoted at least 2 Kickstarters related to the subject !!!!)
So with those 2 informations combined, I feel like way more options for miniatures, and games to use them in, have been quite broaden, giving more inspiration and motivations to do so…
Basically, it felt like 2023 have been a little lacking but was a necessary prep-time to get myself ready…
It’s kind of like Foundation Works when you make a building :
It’s Long, it can be both hard and/or dull, it isn’t that rewarding on its own but it’s still a necessary step in the process…
Or to use a Gardening Imagery, at the end of 2022, I was the happy lil farmer, ready with his lil apple-seeds, wanting to make some cider…
But I didnt have the good enough/right tools AND I didnt know I needed to pass a plough through the field before planting!!!
2023 kinda felt like me passing a big plough to actually get myself ready for the better part !!!
Sorry if my prose make this year sound quite drab-I still had many fun times in 2023- but it just didn’t feel like I had done a lot of personal progresses, especially in the last few months…
Did all of this take more time than it would to someone else in my place ?
Probably a lil bit…
I mean even if some elements were out of my control, I think it’s kinda clear « Speed » never has been my "Forte"…
I always were the kind of kid you had to explain twice as much as any other before he could understand AND I valued way more quality and caring for details than speed…
But I suppose that now that the field is ready, it’s time for me to sow my works… Let’s hope at the end of 2024, the Harvest would be worth a while…
Thank’s for still following me even if I have been quite silent this year
And Have a Happy New Year !!!!
