So, I am almost finished with my January batch of work. After that, I will be taking a week break again to work on personal stuff. Then I will start on my new batch of work for February.

And I think that is how I will do things. I will finish up one month of work and take a needed week break to allow me to work on my own stuff. If I have a large batch then I will take a smaller half week break between the big batch. But that should allow me some breathing room. Even when I finish my allotted hours for the day, I always still feel tired and never get anything of my own done. And when I take my weekends off, I stress about the little time I have.

I also need to train myself not to feel guilty about taking breaks. It's important. I don't want to stress my mind or my wrists. And the time off will allow for personal work as well as practicing, which is something I really need to start doing to improve the quality of my work. I want to offer better work. For myself and for others. So many things, idea, that I don't draw because I feel inadequate. And I am not, I just need to practice. And to do that I need personal time.

I also enjoy writing, and I want to spend some of my time writing. I am good at writing but I can do better. And since I haven't been balancing my writing and drawing, I have become extremely rusty in it. And I feel that is unacceptable. I need to do better.

So yes, this is my plan when tackling work and personal. It will be hard and I maybe not always get it right. But I think I can do it. I just need to try harder and make a plan.