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Update: The State of Things
9 years ago
Hello everyone! Updates like this aren't common from me (especially considering this is the first), but I feel to some people I owe a bit of an explanation as to what's been going on lately and why things haven't been quite the same. Thankfully I know that not everyone wants to read paragraphs of information, so I promise to keep this as short as I possibly can.
There are a couple of questions that I will now answer to the best of my ability, and hopefully they provide a little more information as to why things have been the way they've been these last few months.
What's going on with you?
I graduated from college back in May of 2015. I spent five years of my life working through daily education with the promise that it would practically guarantee me a job in my chosen field after I graduate.
It's been nine months since then and I still haven't gotten a full-time job in my field. I have spent day after day sending out resumes and getting in contact with people that might help me get a full-time job. Currently I'm at a part-time job that claims will help me get into a full-time job in my field. But the job isn't that great, and it doesn't pay well. The minimum-wage pay has left me living paycheck to paycheck, and the lack of anyone even interviewing me for a full-time job isn't making anything better.
The last several months have led to a considerable amount of stress in my life, and I haven't been able to handle it well. I've moved away from my family and into a friend's family's home for this part-time job. And I"m not sure how much longer their generosity of letting me stay is going to last. The friend I've moved in with gained a full-time job since I moved in, so I don't see him much at all anymore because of our differing schedules. Outside of chatting with people online, I don't have anyone to hang with in this city that I barely know.
Why haven't you posted up any new stories or commissioned pictures in so long?
Commissioned pictures cost money. Money that I just don't have these days. Outside of free requests, don't expect many commissioned pictures to be posted until things improve for me monetarily. And it saddens me to say that, as there have been many opportunities to get commissions from artists I greatly enjoy. But as things stand right now, I just can't let myself spend money on more pictures for the time being.
My inability to get stories posted up in quite a while is something that's disappointed me personally, but there's little that can be done about it. Even though my stories are all "short stories", they still take a considerable amount of time and effort for me to complete. Because of my inconsistant work schedule, plus personal problems I've been dealing with daily, it really has shut down a lot of my creative writing ability and drive to write stories. I've always struggled a bit to get a story from idea to written words, and the stuff I'm currently going through isn't helping.
I have several story ideas planned. There are a few friends I want to write stories for, a few fun inflation/wg stories, and the next chapter of Arm's Race are all partially complete. So there is some good news.
Why haven't you messaged me in so long?
This goes out more to the friends on FA and watchers who have messaged me through notes or skype and I haven't messaged them back in a while or have been inconsistent on when I message them. To them, I'm really sorry, and I'm trying to improve. Ever since graduation, my daily schedule hasn't been the same. The times I was available to talk with some people are gone now, and it's rare I get a chance to speak with them. So with some people, it's just hard for me to keep in contact given time zones.
On top of that, the personal issues I've been going through have left me sort of "shut down", and I end up only messaging a few select friends when I am around to chat with.
I will, however, try to remedy this and get back to more people. Get in contact with people that I haven't been good about responding to or at least saying hello to. There are plenty of friends I miss chatting with and hanging around with, being the derpy fun dergin I tend to be.
In Conclusion
Things are a bit tough for me right now. But it's on me to make things better and I'm going to keep working on it each day. I have stories in the works, but it may be a while before I get them posted up. And I promise to double down on getting back in contact with people I haven't been messaging or chatting with enough.
There are a couple of questions that I will now answer to the best of my ability, and hopefully they provide a little more information as to why things have been the way they've been these last few months.
What's going on with you?
I graduated from college back in May of 2015. I spent five years of my life working through daily education with the promise that it would practically guarantee me a job in my chosen field after I graduate.
It's been nine months since then and I still haven't gotten a full-time job in my field. I have spent day after day sending out resumes and getting in contact with people that might help me get a full-time job. Currently I'm at a part-time job that claims will help me get into a full-time job in my field. But the job isn't that great, and it doesn't pay well. The minimum-wage pay has left me living paycheck to paycheck, and the lack of anyone even interviewing me for a full-time job isn't making anything better.
The last several months have led to a considerable amount of stress in my life, and I haven't been able to handle it well. I've moved away from my family and into a friend's family's home for this part-time job. And I"m not sure how much longer their generosity of letting me stay is going to last. The friend I've moved in with gained a full-time job since I moved in, so I don't see him much at all anymore because of our differing schedules. Outside of chatting with people online, I don't have anyone to hang with in this city that I barely know.
Why haven't you posted up any new stories or commissioned pictures in so long?
Commissioned pictures cost money. Money that I just don't have these days. Outside of free requests, don't expect many commissioned pictures to be posted until things improve for me monetarily. And it saddens me to say that, as there have been many opportunities to get commissions from artists I greatly enjoy. But as things stand right now, I just can't let myself spend money on more pictures for the time being.
My inability to get stories posted up in quite a while is something that's disappointed me personally, but there's little that can be done about it. Even though my stories are all "short stories", they still take a considerable amount of time and effort for me to complete. Because of my inconsistant work schedule, plus personal problems I've been dealing with daily, it really has shut down a lot of my creative writing ability and drive to write stories. I've always struggled a bit to get a story from idea to written words, and the stuff I'm currently going through isn't helping.
I have several story ideas planned. There are a few friends I want to write stories for, a few fun inflation/wg stories, and the next chapter of Arm's Race are all partially complete. So there is some good news.
Why haven't you messaged me in so long?
This goes out more to the friends on FA and watchers who have messaged me through notes or skype and I haven't messaged them back in a while or have been inconsistent on when I message them. To them, I'm really sorry, and I'm trying to improve. Ever since graduation, my daily schedule hasn't been the same. The times I was available to talk with some people are gone now, and it's rare I get a chance to speak with them. So with some people, it's just hard for me to keep in contact given time zones.
On top of that, the personal issues I've been going through have left me sort of "shut down", and I end up only messaging a few select friends when I am around to chat with.
I will, however, try to remedy this and get back to more people. Get in contact with people that I haven't been good about responding to or at least saying hello to. There are plenty of friends I miss chatting with and hanging around with, being the derpy fun dergin I tend to be.
In Conclusion
Things are a bit tough for me right now. But it's on me to make things better and I'm going to keep working on it each day. I have stories in the works, but it may be a while before I get them posted up. And I promise to double down on getting back in contact with people I haven't been messaging or chatting with enough.
Firstly, congrats on graduating ^^ secondly, I do hope a full-time job presents itself to you...uh, well really I hope your stress levels decrease and things in general improve for you :) (I felt I should say something...yet words seem to always fail me in these situations)
Hang in there, don't give up!