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Wow, I did NOT mean to be so inactive
8 years ago
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Alright, so, I am SOO sorry for not having done anything in a couple weeks. I have been extremely busy on my end, job hunting like a mad dog, sending out applications and going out looking for work, as well as keeping up with my friends and relationship and stuff, and I know a couple of you have commissions you're patiently waiting on, and I promise I'm getting to them. I have free time at the moment, and I've got my tablet all plugged in to work on them the moment I finish writing this journal!
But yeah, the big thing is looking for work. I've been kinda sick of the position I'm in for a while now with no proper job and just sorta -living- on my parents' farm and taking care of everything, getting paid scraps for cash, as the bulk of what I suppose would be considered income goes to all the bills the house I live alone in racks up. Plus my father, who pays me and moved out of this house, is often quite short on funds, himself, so it's not like I can just demand he pays me more. That's just not right. So I've been up and about looking for alternative work in retail or as a janitor or whatever I can get my hands on.
Christ, man, looking for work is not easy. I honestly haven't had a real job in years, and it wasn't even for that long. I've just been managing this farm for the last five or six years on inconsistent pay from my father, and do you know how frustrating that is to write over and over again on application sheets??
Anyway, I'm not really looking for a pity party, or for external advice since I don't really think I need it - I've got my applications out there, I check in regularly to see if the positions are taken, I've tried personal confrontation with one of the places I've applied to and just got shoo'd away with a "we'll contact you if we need you" - to I honestly don't think I'm doing anything wrong. I just wanted to let everyone know why I've been so inactive, and why some of these commissions have been extra slow for those of you that ordered some within the last couple of weeks. And I'm sooo sorry for that!
On one final note, for those that may suggest working from home doing commissions or patreon or something, I honestly don't think I could. Being at home is WAY too distracting for me to seriously sit down and work. My social life is way too active, and I have a hard time focusing on drawing if I'm so much as in a discord call with one other person. I just can't. I can't focus. Plus with shit like YouTube and Steam RIGHT THERE at my fingertips, I have every reason in the world to get distracted, so yeah, I do feel like I need an external work environment or something.
But yeah, the big thing is looking for work. I've been kinda sick of the position I'm in for a while now with no proper job and just sorta -living- on my parents' farm and taking care of everything, getting paid scraps for cash, as the bulk of what I suppose would be considered income goes to all the bills the house I live alone in racks up. Plus my father, who pays me and moved out of this house, is often quite short on funds, himself, so it's not like I can just demand he pays me more. That's just not right. So I've been up and about looking for alternative work in retail or as a janitor or whatever I can get my hands on.
Christ, man, looking for work is not easy. I honestly haven't had a real job in years, and it wasn't even for that long. I've just been managing this farm for the last five or six years on inconsistent pay from my father, and do you know how frustrating that is to write over and over again on application sheets??
Anyway, I'm not really looking for a pity party, or for external advice since I don't really think I need it - I've got my applications out there, I check in regularly to see if the positions are taken, I've tried personal confrontation with one of the places I've applied to and just got shoo'd away with a "we'll contact you if we need you" - to I honestly don't think I'm doing anything wrong. I just wanted to let everyone know why I've been so inactive, and why some of these commissions have been extra slow for those of you that ordered some within the last couple of weeks. And I'm sooo sorry for that!
On one final note, for those that may suggest working from home doing commissions or patreon or something, I honestly don't think I could. Being at home is WAY too distracting for me to seriously sit down and work. My social life is way too active, and I have a hard time focusing on drawing if I'm so much as in a discord call with one other person. I just can't. I can't focus. Plus with shit like YouTube and Steam RIGHT THERE at my fingertips, I have every reason in the world to get distracted, so yeah, I do feel like I need an external work environment or something.
I can do 10 commissions per week due to lack of social life :P but yeah I know what you mean!
And it's great to hear fron you again!
Anyway, thanks for your sentiments! It's good to hear from you too. :>
Best of luck with the job hunt!