Life/Comic Update Aug. 9th, 2021
Hey frens. No, the comic isn’t cancelled, we’ve been over this.
Just wanted to reach out because I feel like I’ve been kind of silent and absent in a lot of places recently and just wanted to...I dunno...mention it?
As you may know I was laid off from my stable income in February and after circling the drain of depression and fear from that I’ve been trying to find employment to no avail. Yes, despite being told to my FACE that businesses are crying for help, I’ve been rejected from every job I’ve applied for.
I am in a fortunate enough place that I have a financial safety net, although this is obviously not going to last as long as I’d hoped - my rent went up, my electric company decided to up their rates, and food costs are stupid. Honestly if they wanted to get rid of people who are loudly anti-capitalist like me maybe they shouldn’t make things so awful but I digress...
The Patreon currently doesn’t even cover my weekly grocery bill. This isn’t to guilt you into joining but to remind you that I have one. I’m terrible at marketing myself but I’m trying. I started sewing little plush frogs and everyone I talk to wants to buy one so I’m looking into finding a way to make that happen.
Other than financial bullshit, I’ve been kind of slacking off on art, too. Not out of lack of interest but because of an array, a gradient even, of physical issues I’m trying to deal with (with no insurance). I’m 90% sure last year I contracted COVID before lockdown happened - it’s left me with breathing issues that at first I just chalked up to being overweight and a blob with nowhere to work, but as time has gone on it’s becoming apparent it’s more than just my love of cheese. I’ve also started experiencing a lot of fatigue, body aches, brain fog - the usual. I’ve been just blaming it all on my lifestyle choices but at the end of the day it doesn’t matter because I’m in pain, tired, unfocused, confused, and lack desire to do anything.
Now please don’t be worried too much. I’ve been dealing with it in bouts since last year, it’s just kind of a part of me now, but I still have great days and take in beauty, serenity, joy, and love at absolutely every opportunity. I still get up and go for walks when I’m able. I exercise when I remember to and other than late night binging, I’m eating better. None of this would be possible if I had a job, to be fair, and work sucks, so I am just trying to stay afloat and EXIST the best I can.
There’s a lot out there I can’t control - climate disaster, cost of living going up, social collapse, a pandemic, being stuck in my shitty apartment because there’s no such thing as rent under $1000 in my state...but I’m doing what a lot of us are: just surviving. Making sure those that I care about and love are surviving. Keep your heads up.
Anyway, this was a lot of rambling. I’m getting my schedule back in order so I can make art more consistently. While I’m typing this my body aches and I want nothing more than to lay down for a bit and given that it’s a million degrees outside...I think I might do that.
My time belongs to me...I’m pretty lucky to have that.
Take care of yourselves and each other and, as always, I hope that future endeavors do not disappoint.
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