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Spooky Time and Almost There:
Majority of the personal work I owe to others has finally been completed! I may even finish this tiny bit left over later today, we'll see! Other than that, I do still have a few Mail Club things to do, but I'm hoping those don't take as much time as other things. I've also started working on comic pages once more so finally ready to catch up on those again!
I have paused Patreon till December and otherwise staying busy with trying to acquire new work still but one bit at a time as they say. I would like to be commissioned for at least 1 thing before this year is out, but if it doesn't happen, I'll look to see what else I can improve and try again next year. I'm not giving up and learning to be firm with proper wages now. It does mean I've lost out on some potential work already but I cannot no longer keep doing difficult things for literal pennies per hour. It's not good physically nor mentally, so yeah, I'll be patient. There are clients out there who want the quality and won't shy from paying the artist properly, so I'll keep looking for those people. I do have some artworks to work on next once I'm all caught up with everything else and I feel those will help bring some life back into my portfolio. I know there's other things I can do to spruce up that portfolio as well and in the meantime, I'll keep job hunting too. I'm at least doing my best to cover all my bases as they say. Done are the 15+ years I've spent undercharging myself for work that takes hours. It's time to be the professional I claim to be!
In other news, weather is growing much colder, but otherwise, everything else seems alright. There are a few issues regarding my mum (because of course there are) and we handle them as we can. I know she wants things from me but I can't afford to help more than I already do in the few times we actually can. I'd offer her to stay with us, but I'd lose my marbles after a day. She's a great person overall, but I cannot be constantly distracted and nor can we legally keep her dog here with all the other animals we have. So yeah, it is what it is, but we cross the bridges as we come to them. It has made me personally more health conscience and making sure I'm more aware of how to take care of myself now to the best of my ability so that way I face less issues when I'm older and can still do what I love to do for as long as I am fully able to do so.
Thank you for your support! I'll see you soon!!
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