So my part time job is now a full time job with pretty irregular working days. So I'm gonna have to change my art plans again.

Trying to do longer digital paintings is absolutely not working. I can maybe get a 1 to 2 hours block of working in a night and i'm pretty tired from standing up all day so my concentration and decision making is ...not great. I might try to do studies and little practice paintings after work but I probs wont upload these. And watercolours on my days off. So I don't get too rusty but yeah art updates are really going to slow down until the contract ends in January.

I usually try to get etsy orders out twice every week but depending on my schedule it'll likely only be once per week.

Not gonna lie, if I knew it would end up like this I wouldn't have taken the job. But because of covid lock-downs the company is unlikely to take on more staff so I doubt I'll be kept on. So I'll just have to power through this and get paid while I can. Feeling rough cause I hate retail. I'm a slow working introvert so Christmas retail is hell but there isn't anything else I can do. But Its not the worst thing all things considering. I’m lucky I got this position in the first place! Plus, once its over I'll have some savings so I can relax and concentrate on my portfolio.

Ps. This isn't a dig at the manager. I'm really grateful for the employment and they can't control the situation with multiple staff off sick. Plus me being employed at the absolute worst time.