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So I've been in the new house for almost two weeks now.
I'm really happy with the area. We're so close to the city, which means being close to lots of things to do and places to meet people. We're close to a couple train stations and bus stops. Also close to lots of shops and services (though a bit further away form my job provider as I would have liked, but the walking will do me good!). We're getting along really well with our housemate and his dog, Sam, and we've got one of our cats with us. One of the biggest issues is though, that we still don't have internet. Right now I'm having to use my phone as a hotspot, and I've already gone over my data allowance for the month in a matter of days. Hopefull;y the internet issue will be sorted soon, but I honestly greatly doubt it will be.
Downsides are that there's been and going to be a fair bit of maintenance to the house. Nothing major, and nothing out of our pockets, but it's a pain all the same. Electrical, plumbing and little bits here and there like the grill and window locks. I'm also probably going to have to be paying more rent than planned until my mate's payments are sorted out in a week or so, and even then they're barely going to have enough to get by on. I'll probably have to pay for the bulk of their food, but hopefully they can at least pay for their own travel to and from campus. It's all a bit... tight and up in the air and I'm not going to lie... scary. I was hoping I'd be able to get some savings together, finally. That I'd be able to slowly pay off my parents (even though they've told me not to until I have a job). But that doesn't seem to be very likely.
Hopefully, even though I really don't want this kind of job, I can get a position at a call center in the city with DHL. Moving here was meant to help my mental health, and I was supposed to be focusing on treatment and then finding a job that won't worsen my situation. But alas, life doesn't always provide you with what you need easily. I'm more hoping that a lady named Fleur at my job provider center will have some contacts to get my more creative gigs. Probably not any sort of 9-5 or permanent position, but I've never really been oppossed to working contractually/freelance.
I've renewed my auctions. With proper internet or not, I'm still able to draw and upload things. The only issue may be sending the files via email. But if necessary I will work something out, it just might take me longer to travel to somewhere where I can access free or cheap internet. There is a library up the road, but with the nature of some of my work I'm a little tentative about sending that through public computers.
Commissions have also been updated, and some of you may notice a price increase. I can address that, incase anyone has any concerns.
For a while now I've thought my work very cheap. For the amount of time and effort I put into it, as well as how many years I've been working on my skills both privately and through organised study. I've also had a few people be... surprised? at the price of my work. In the way that they seemed to be expecting it to be more expensive. Here and there I've also been given tips. I also don't want to contribute too much to the... weird view some people have on the worth of art. I don't want to contridute to the idea, and suffer from the expectation, that artists should only be worth a few dollars an hour. In saying that, I also don't want to outprice myself from potential commissioners.
On top of that, I'm now in a situation where I have my name on a lease, bills to pay, food to pay for, travel expenses and so on. I don't want to rely on being lent money or be counting pennies, and I want to be able to pay off the debts I have and also begin earning some sort of a wage. I haven't been able to find suitable face to face employment yet to supplement my lifestyle, which I am working on, but being an artist is what I am. It's all I really can do career-wise. I'm not naive. I'm not expecting to be able to draw my way to paying off my bills or cover my rent, but just a little bit here and there would really help. Right now, all I have to rely on is a walfare payment and that is tight money to get by on normally. And I don't want to be depending on a welfare payment. I want to work for my money. The dream would be to do what I love for money.
So now that the money I can potentially get from my commissions is more money to live off, rather than money to enjoy, the prices have gone up. That and, I do believe it is more than what I've charged in the past, as is a lot of artists' work.
Wow that was long! I'm also suffering slightly because I've not been able to play Final Fantasy XIV for nearly two weeks now... I want to play... with my friends! I also have a new, non-furry obsession that goes by the name of Voltron. If you enjoyed The Last Airbender or Legend of Korra, I highly recommend their reboot of Voltron. Season 1 is available legally on Netflix, and I'm sure it can be found elsewhere. Season 2 has just been announced to be released sme time late this year! I'm also yes of course playing Pokemon Go! There's actually a big picnic event on this Sunday in the city that I'm going to head up to with my bro. Man, I'm actually so happy to be in the same city as most of my friends. I haven't had a proper, irl group of friends in forever. It's pretty cool.
I think that's enough blabbering!
I'm really happy with the area. We're so close to the city, which means being close to lots of things to do and places to meet people. We're close to a couple train stations and bus stops. Also close to lots of shops and services (though a bit further away form my job provider as I would have liked, but the walking will do me good!). We're getting along really well with our housemate and his dog, Sam, and we've got one of our cats with us. One of the biggest issues is though, that we still don't have internet. Right now I'm having to use my phone as a hotspot, and I've already gone over my data allowance for the month in a matter of days. Hopefull;y the internet issue will be sorted soon, but I honestly greatly doubt it will be.
Downsides are that there's been and going to be a fair bit of maintenance to the house. Nothing major, and nothing out of our pockets, but it's a pain all the same. Electrical, plumbing and little bits here and there like the grill and window locks. I'm also probably going to have to be paying more rent than planned until my mate's payments are sorted out in a week or so, and even then they're barely going to have enough to get by on. I'll probably have to pay for the bulk of their food, but hopefully they can at least pay for their own travel to and from campus. It's all a bit... tight and up in the air and I'm not going to lie... scary. I was hoping I'd be able to get some savings together, finally. That I'd be able to slowly pay off my parents (even though they've told me not to until I have a job). But that doesn't seem to be very likely.
Hopefully, even though I really don't want this kind of job, I can get a position at a call center in the city with DHL. Moving here was meant to help my mental health, and I was supposed to be focusing on treatment and then finding a job that won't worsen my situation. But alas, life doesn't always provide you with what you need easily. I'm more hoping that a lady named Fleur at my job provider center will have some contacts to get my more creative gigs. Probably not any sort of 9-5 or permanent position, but I've never really been oppossed to working contractually/freelance.
I've renewed my auctions. With proper internet or not, I'm still able to draw and upload things. The only issue may be sending the files via email. But if necessary I will work something out, it just might take me longer to travel to somewhere where I can access free or cheap internet. There is a library up the road, but with the nature of some of my work I'm a little tentative about sending that through public computers.
Commissions have also been updated, and some of you may notice a price increase. I can address that, incase anyone has any concerns.
For a while now I've thought my work very cheap. For the amount of time and effort I put into it, as well as how many years I've been working on my skills both privately and through organised study. I've also had a few people be... surprised? at the price of my work. In the way that they seemed to be expecting it to be more expensive. Here and there I've also been given tips. I also don't want to contribute too much to the... weird view some people have on the worth of art. I don't want to contridute to the idea, and suffer from the expectation, that artists should only be worth a few dollars an hour. In saying that, I also don't want to outprice myself from potential commissioners.
On top of that, I'm now in a situation where I have my name on a lease, bills to pay, food to pay for, travel expenses and so on. I don't want to rely on being lent money or be counting pennies, and I want to be able to pay off the debts I have and also begin earning some sort of a wage. I haven't been able to find suitable face to face employment yet to supplement my lifestyle, which I am working on, but being an artist is what I am. It's all I really can do career-wise. I'm not naive. I'm not expecting to be able to draw my way to paying off my bills or cover my rent, but just a little bit here and there would really help. Right now, all I have to rely on is a walfare payment and that is tight money to get by on normally. And I don't want to be depending on a welfare payment. I want to work for my money. The dream would be to do what I love for money.
So now that the money I can potentially get from my commissions is more money to live off, rather than money to enjoy, the prices have gone up. That and, I do believe it is more than what I've charged in the past, as is a lot of artists' work.
Wow that was long! I'm also suffering slightly because I've not been able to play Final Fantasy XIV for nearly two weeks now... I want to play... with my friends! I also have a new, non-furry obsession that goes by the name of Voltron. If you enjoyed The Last Airbender or Legend of Korra, I highly recommend their reboot of Voltron. Season 1 is available legally on Netflix, and I'm sure it can be found elsewhere. Season 2 has just been announced to be released sme time late this year! I'm also yes of course playing Pokemon Go! There's actually a big picnic event on this Sunday in the city that I'm going to head up to with my bro. Man, I'm actually so happy to be in the same city as most of my friends. I haven't had a proper, irl group of friends in forever. It's pretty cool.
I think that's enough blabbering!
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Alealia ♥ Zephyr
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