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State of the Badger
9 years ago
Some of you may have noticed I've been pretty scarce recently, and I know a lot of you are wondering why (mainly cause you asked me. :P). Well, here's what's been going on with the badge for the last several months and why I've been so quiet.
To put it simply, I've been utterly exhausted. Right around mid June or so, there was quite a shakeup where I work. Basically half of my department was either layed off or quit, and my workload more than doubled over-night, much of it stuff I'd never done before. On top of this, it was right in the middle of a transition period where we were in the process of changing our procedures and work-flow to what we hoped would be a more efficient way of doing things. Managed to weather the storm, and in fact earned a promotion in the process (which is good news), but at the cost of nearly all of my energy and creative spirit being used up at the office. This, plus my almost 3 hour daily commute (about an hour there, hour and a half back if it's not too bad) means I just don't have any energy for anything more than playing a game for a couple hours or watching a video or two before I crash for the night.
Things are starting to settle down now and we've hired replacements for those we lost which has drastically reduced everybody's workload, but with the added responsibilities of my new position I'm still pretty wasted when I get home. I am looking for a place nearer to my office to reduce the stress of the commute and I hope to be in a better place early next year, but there's still a lot of work and planning that needs to take place before that can happen. I'm starting to feel more creative again, and hopefully that'll spark some more art soon as the itch to draw gets stronger and stronger and my energy returns back to more normal levels.
While I haven't been very active here during the last few months in terms of talking to people and commenting on things, I have been lurking and watching all of you guys, even if I'm not being very social. XD You are not forgotten or abandoned or anything like that, I've just been very badger (ie. hidey and not particularly social). I ask for your patience as I get myself settled back into a happier groove and more into my arts again.
Thanks for all of your love and support. y'all do mean a lot to me.
Sláinte!
Brock
To put it simply, I've been utterly exhausted. Right around mid June or so, there was quite a shakeup where I work. Basically half of my department was either layed off or quit, and my workload more than doubled over-night, much of it stuff I'd never done before. On top of this, it was right in the middle of a transition period where we were in the process of changing our procedures and work-flow to what we hoped would be a more efficient way of doing things. Managed to weather the storm, and in fact earned a promotion in the process (which is good news), but at the cost of nearly all of my energy and creative spirit being used up at the office. This, plus my almost 3 hour daily commute (about an hour there, hour and a half back if it's not too bad) means I just don't have any energy for anything more than playing a game for a couple hours or watching a video or two before I crash for the night.
Things are starting to settle down now and we've hired replacements for those we lost which has drastically reduced everybody's workload, but with the added responsibilities of my new position I'm still pretty wasted when I get home. I am looking for a place nearer to my office to reduce the stress of the commute and I hope to be in a better place early next year, but there's still a lot of work and planning that needs to take place before that can happen. I'm starting to feel more creative again, and hopefully that'll spark some more art soon as the itch to draw gets stronger and stronger and my energy returns back to more normal levels.
While I haven't been very active here during the last few months in terms of talking to people and commenting on things, I have been lurking and watching all of you guys, even if I'm not being very social. XD You are not forgotten or abandoned or anything like that, I've just been very badger (ie. hidey and not particularly social). I ask for your patience as I get myself settled back into a happier groove and more into my arts again.
Thanks for all of your love and support. y'all do mean a lot to me.
Sláinte!
Brock
I'm sorry about your work being so heavily busy over those months, I'm glad you're doing alright though. <3