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State of the Jag [Life, Commissions, Etc…]
Posted a month agoLife:
I haven’t done a journal about myself in a long time, so lets get down to it, and see what’s been going on with jaguar life!
Back in the summer of 2024 I was laid off from my job, something I saw coming as another company bought our company. I had plans in place, but those fell through due to the passing of a friend. I ended up chilling out for the rest of the year on unemployment and severance while trying to find another job.
Eventually shifted to a healthcare job, with the help from a roommate as a character witness [aka reference]. Sadly, I didn’t last more than a few months before quitting cause I found a different job in the same field for more money. Even more sadly, due to that job being a call center job, post training, I found myself not enjoying the work. I made the decision to quit that job and find something else that would allow me to work 25-32 hours a week.
We live in such a weird world. I started working at 16, had a full-time job during the last year of high school and all through college. I still think getting a degree was the worst decision I’ve ever made. Still, over the past few years I’ve just been more depressed with life and wanting more time for myself rather than overexerting myself at jobs I don’t care about. We live in an age where folks should be making upwards of $20-25 an hour, but whatever, the world continues to turn, time keeps marching forward. Things don’t seem to get any better for common folks.
So, I'm going to try and live a little bit differently now for the next 6 months to a year. See how things go. Give myself more personal time.
Commissions:
I want to get back into doing commission work. This will help supplement income from my part time job. I like to write smut. I like to write vorny stuff that people like to read. Eventually, I'd like to write a book or something. That would be all kinds of neat.
I think I will continue with my going rate of .03 cents per word with an automatic 20% discount. Typically, I send invoices via PayPal. Might try and navigate toward just having folks donate via ko-fi post story completion? Unsure as of yet! Invoicing through PayPal hasn't ever failed me and I use very generic terminology when sending the invoice, so they'd never suspect me, mweheh! X3
Anyway, if you'd like a commission, feel free to ping me via a note and we can hash out an idea. Likewise, if you have me on messenger [telegram or discord], ping me there and we can get an idea going. I am open to writing about most things, but I would prefer to talk before accepting a commission and typically take payment once I've sent it to you and you've read over the content.
Etc...
As for free time, I'm going to try and set up some streaming time as I like to play games and maybe Twitch would be a benefit and give me an outlet rather than just playing through a single player game in silence like I typically do.
Same goes for dumb youtube things. I have a couple dumb ideas for shorts, so maybe I'd be able to get those up and off the ground.
Looking toward 2026, see how all this goes.
Likely will be at LVFC, so have that to look forward to! WHOO!
I haven’t done a journal about myself in a long time, so lets get down to it, and see what’s been going on with jaguar life!
Back in the summer of 2024 I was laid off from my job, something I saw coming as another company bought our company. I had plans in place, but those fell through due to the passing of a friend. I ended up chilling out for the rest of the year on unemployment and severance while trying to find another job.
Eventually shifted to a healthcare job, with the help from a roommate as a character witness [aka reference]. Sadly, I didn’t last more than a few months before quitting cause I found a different job in the same field for more money. Even more sadly, due to that job being a call center job, post training, I found myself not enjoying the work. I made the decision to quit that job and find something else that would allow me to work 25-32 hours a week.
We live in such a weird world. I started working at 16, had a full-time job during the last year of high school and all through college. I still think getting a degree was the worst decision I’ve ever made. Still, over the past few years I’ve just been more depressed with life and wanting more time for myself rather than overexerting myself at jobs I don’t care about. We live in an age where folks should be making upwards of $20-25 an hour, but whatever, the world continues to turn, time keeps marching forward. Things don’t seem to get any better for common folks.
So, I'm going to try and live a little bit differently now for the next 6 months to a year. See how things go. Give myself more personal time.
Commissions:
I want to get back into doing commission work. This will help supplement income from my part time job. I like to write smut. I like to write vorny stuff that people like to read. Eventually, I'd like to write a book or something. That would be all kinds of neat.
I think I will continue with my going rate of .03 cents per word with an automatic 20% discount. Typically, I send invoices via PayPal. Might try and navigate toward just having folks donate via ko-fi post story completion? Unsure as of yet! Invoicing through PayPal hasn't ever failed me and I use very generic terminology when sending the invoice, so they'd never suspect me, mweheh! X3
Anyway, if you'd like a commission, feel free to ping me via a note and we can hash out an idea. Likewise, if you have me on messenger [telegram or discord], ping me there and we can get an idea going. I am open to writing about most things, but I would prefer to talk before accepting a commission and typically take payment once I've sent it to you and you've read over the content.
Etc...
As for free time, I'm going to try and set up some streaming time as I like to play games and maybe Twitch would be a benefit and give me an outlet rather than just playing through a single player game in silence like I typically do.
Same goes for dumb youtube things. I have a couple dumb ideas for shorts, so maybe I'd be able to get those up and off the ground.
Looking toward 2026, see how all this goes.
Likely will be at LVFC, so have that to look forward to! WHOO!
Forest
Posted a year ago
forest-wolf 
spottedsqueakAs I take time to reflect on our time together, I cannot help but wonder where 18 years went. I can still remember commenting on something you drew and then having you compliment me on something I had written and a friendship blossoming from there. Over time I watched you grow as both an artist and an individual. You worked hard on every facet of life to ensure that you could help your friends. You were selfless and took almost too much time out of your personal life to help everyone else. You were the glue in people’s lives that allowed them to make further connections with other individuals. You worked tirelessly to make sure that folks were okay, had what they needed and improved their own lives as best they could with what guidance you could offer. Personally, you helped me in darker times just by happening to be there when I needed someone to listen to me the most. I’d not be here today if not for that one night of you checking in on me and then keeping a tad for the next week. You also helped me more recently the other year when I had other personal matters that came up. You were always willing to help. You were always there. You were always smiling.
I think, come the end of the day, I wish I had been greedier with the time we shared together. That wasn’t who I was though. I told you early on that I cherished you so much and wanted you to live a happy life and take care of yourself. I told you that I’d always be there for you, but I saw how much you were helping others by just being yourself and being around. I told you that they needed you more than I did. That didn’t stop us from interacting and having chats and enjoying each other’s company, but maybe it prevented me from how much I wanted to be around you, even as my own life changed and my own anxieties grew. Still, you were there for me when needed.
You’re one of the greatest individuals I have ever met. I will miss you until the day I’m able to cross your path again.
