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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.

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Autumn Feels Like It's Finally Here:

Seems like it took a bit to settle into the usual autumn temperatures and weather we generally have around here. Was swinging between summer and winter for a couple weeks. However, the colors of the trees this year seem a lot more vibrant than I've seen them in a very long time, so I find that interesting. 

In other news, still trying to catch up on things, but making some better progress at last. Though, I doubt I'll be able to have it all done within 6 days, so I'll most likely be pausing Patreon again for November as well and then should be back on track then after. It doesn't help me out financially in any way, but still hoping something will turn around and help me regain those funds. I do have artworks planned to take a leap at and hopefully entice some potential buyers in the near future. I'm not giving up, but it still is tiring on some days and can put me a low mood at times. I still keep going though. I should be working on comic pages again real soon too so I'm actually looking forward to that. I doubt I'll reach the goal for the year, but being over half at this point is better than what I managed last year, so it's progress none the less. I'll take it for certain!

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Cold Settles In:

It seems the last of the humid and hot weather has finally left... on the downside, it feels like autumn temperatures were skipped nearly altogether as it's now just frigid cold here on many days. While I don't mind bundling up, it does make working a little more difficult when you're hands are cold all the time. Been trying to find a nice pair of those fingerless sleeve things to wear to help keep my hands warmer, but no luck yet. I'd use my winter gloves, but sadly, I misplaced one of them, so only have one mitten left where I can take off the top and use my fingers >.<

Oh well. I'll still be working despite the cold. I've survived before so another round won't be bad. I am making progress though. Slowly but surely and so far, it does feel I may have my main list of things to do cleared by the end of the month. Though, one may take longer simply because I haven't had any approval or updates on it, but I should be able to get through the rest. The goal still remains the same at least. Till then, hope all are well and I hope to have more interesting updates soon while I continue the hunt for work on top of catching up. What a combo eh?

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Pumpkin Spice:

With autumn officially here for us, I make pumpkin muffins and picked up my pieces to try again. I may whine and cry and be frustrated, but even when things aren't what I expected to be right now, I have to learn myself feel those emotions and then turn on my logic brain. Take some time to plan and do the math so that way I can try to improve in what went wrong prior. I suppose that's all part of the process in it's own way. It would only be bad if I learned nothing at all or just gave up each time these situations have happened. In all the 15+ years of my "professional" art career, as when I started to do commissions officially, I hit roadblocks then too. I'd give myself a day or two and then try again. So it's not a new system for me.

In other news, because we sold the remaining rice fish we had, we did leave their tank active for a few days for that 'just in case' and yup, none to my surprise, but fry started to make an appearance. After an incident that happened a few weeks prior, I had lost half the rice fish in the tank so was only down to the 4 adults, which happened to be 3 ladies and 1 guy. It's been about a week now since the adults were sold and we so far have acounter 7-8 fry. I'm not sure on the exact number because they're so tiny and can easily hide among the floating plants and be missed in the counting. The person who bought the other adults said they'd take the kiddos when they're old enough to go in a few months time, so we'll raise out this batch this too.

In other other news, my partner and I had our 5 year anniversary over this past weekend and more officially yesterday on the 5th. We took lots of hikes and otherwise, it was good, thinking how it's been 5 years already. We both still have big dreams and bit by bit, we're still going to do our best to head toward those dreams.

For me, as an artist, all the support I've received throughout the years has been a huge help! Even when I face downturns in my income like this and struggling to make things better, I'm still here because there are people out there who care too. I'm here thanks to everyone who has given me a chance!

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