Well, okay...
So, there's things I want to do next year. I didn't get my resolutions in from last year, but, that's life.
This year is already looking to be more promising!
I want to try to get one full page (That's two updates) Of SG a month. That's only 6 pages. Or, one update every two weeks. I wish I had more time, I would try for a page a week, like my comic book inspiration, Strays does. But, I work full time, and am supporting a household of two, so, that can't happen without a lot of restruturing.
Or, maybe it can. Maybe I can create enough of a buffer that I can actually get all the things I want done, done.
I also want to eventually work towards art/writing full time. I know, I know, I'm a shitty artist! Why would I want to do that?
Honestly? Because I think I can.
It's not something I'm going to quit my day job over right away. But I'm going to work on a plan for the next decade or so. Write more books, take my artwork more seriously. I've seen what a few years of solid working on art can do (I funded Dani through several years of doing just that, and she's pretty amazing now) so I'm going to try to save up, and provide that to myself.
Of course this means that there will be very little buying things for myself, and very little time for anything but work. It would mean a stop to buying art for myself, a stop going to conventions, and buying silly little things.
I am so close to having my home be a perfect sanctuary for this sort of thing. Now that Dani's paying rent, I can take time to consider how I want to live the rest of my life. Do I want to just go back to being a Barista? I could. My rent here is cheap enough that I could make it in that life again, using whatever I sell from my art time as a bonus.
I don't know. It's something to really think on. I will always be a stellar CSR. That won't change. But I'll be 35 this year. I should really find what I REALLY want.
This year is already looking to be more promising!
I want to try to get one full page (That's two updates) Of SG a month. That's only 6 pages. Or, one update every two weeks. I wish I had more time, I would try for a page a week, like my comic book inspiration, Strays does. But, I work full time, and am supporting a household of two, so, that can't happen without a lot of restruturing.
Or, maybe it can. Maybe I can create enough of a buffer that I can actually get all the things I want done, done.
I also want to eventually work towards art/writing full time. I know, I know, I'm a shitty artist! Why would I want to do that?
Honestly? Because I think I can.
It's not something I'm going to quit my day job over right away. But I'm going to work on a plan for the next decade or so. Write more books, take my artwork more seriously. I've seen what a few years of solid working on art can do (I funded Dani through several years of doing just that, and she's pretty amazing now) so I'm going to try to save up, and provide that to myself.
Of course this means that there will be very little buying things for myself, and very little time for anything but work. It would mean a stop to buying art for myself, a stop going to conventions, and buying silly little things.
I am so close to having my home be a perfect sanctuary for this sort of thing. Now that Dani's paying rent, I can take time to consider how I want to live the rest of my life. Do I want to just go back to being a Barista? I could. My rent here is cheap enough that I could make it in that life again, using whatever I sell from my art time as a bonus.
I don't know. It's something to really think on. I will always be a stellar CSR. That won't change. But I'll be 35 this year. I should really find what I REALLY want.