okay. so i know i keep saying i'm gonna do something towards actively trying to contribute to making a cozy community. however, when i posted about wanting to start finding a group to socialize and create with, i at the time wasn't swamped-with-too-many-things busy and i was also in tired recover-from-last-years-shenanigans + adjust-to-this-years-shenanigans mode. i am by no means intending to back down from trying to form a cozy social circle as i am still very much a lonely and social craving person but at this current time i might have to put a bit less focus and energy towards it while i'm maxed out on focusing on other things at this time.

with the looming uncertainty of what's happening in my country at this time, i'm very much at the very least hoping i can manage to move across states to be with my partner this year. in order to do that, i need an income to save up for moving fees etc so i have decided to try and sell some crochet items and i've been putting full focus into making products to try and sell. it would've been more ideal to start this shop prep back in dec but at that time i was also busy with other things and general holiday garbage so i've basically been doing what i would've hoped was 3 months worth of prep in a month (as i would ideally wanna launch shop by the end of this month but it might still be delayed a bit). i've kinda basically been doing nothing but crocheting non-stop for the past few weeks and i also would like to put some focus towards possibly creating and selling some adoptable designs to help buffer the opening of a shop.

with that being said, i've also picked the absolutely WORST year to wanna try to sell physical products. i am uncertain if supplies are going to rise in price significantly due to dumbasses in power, making it more difficult to launch something affordably and also.. one of the biggest major craft supply companies has filed their second bankruptcy and are now closing all stores and liquidating so i've been having a hard time processing that and worrying about finding and alternative place to keep getting supplies to keep crocheting items. c':

so i do greatly apologize for those who were interested in seeing what i had in mind for making an interactive creative social group but i haven't had the capacity to also work on fun things i wanted to do for that. the adhd distractability also doesn't help with not having enough hours in a day to work on everything all at once lol. i had even written up a statement to post last weekend with a promise of having an intro template in some form put out by last monday but the announcement of my accessible craft store closing and then ultimately their liquidation sent me spiraling into a bad mood and left me pretty anxiety stricken.

SO all that to say, i do still want to actively work on sending out a beacon to gather comfy, cozy people looking to socially create together but i might have to work on it a lot slower than i would have liked for a while till i can HOPEFULLY get a standing leg in on making some money to save up for moving and other quality of life things that i've not had the luxury of having for the past several years that i've been unemployed.

also, if anyone's ever feeling too lonely like i do, ur more than welcome to chatty in my comments or pop in my streams whenever i'm live just to hang out (genuinely not trying to sound 'promo-y' or anything; i just know how upsetti it feels to wanna socialize and not really have anyone to socialize with). hope everyone's taking care as best they can with the State of things worldwide rn <3