Happy Holidays & Happy New Year! (Patreon)

It took a lot for me not to put 'Happy Nude Deer' in the title.

Looks like this year is coming to an end, somehow. I really can't believe the year is over. . . it's been a blur. But that's okay, I know I got a decent amount of things done this year!

I started dipping my toes into getting physical items made. Like these magnets here.

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Goat To Bed

I started and finished a short little comic project. A jumping off point for me to get into making comics.

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Next Comic Project

I even started work on the next project! Though I delayed it because I needed some funds and opened up commissions. I'm looking forward to next year because I'll be starting to really draw the comic and posting it up. <3!

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Setbacks This Year

The year wasn't all roses as I developed some overwork strain on my hand causing me to work less. Which caused me to be a tad depressed. BUT ITS MOSTLY BETTER NOW! So that's great. I've managed to get my issues under control and I think I'm continuing to improve it. This past week in fact it's barely been a bother.  :)

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Student Loans

I believe I talked about this in a few places but I've said something along the lines of "I repaid all my student loans". That technically wasn't true.
I was holding off on paying because Biden was trying to do loan forgiveness & the loans were in forbearance so they weren't accruing interest. So it was in my interest to wait and see if he would actually get them forgiven.
He didn't (not surprised) and now that interest started back up It's time to pay them off! I decided to split the payments in a way that would benefit me on my taxes. Which means at the start of next year I'll make the final payment and be debt free!
Thinking about having money that's mine and not feeling like I'm just throwing it in the garbage feels strange. In a good way! I'm looking forward to it.

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I'm going to try to use Patreon's collection feature to organize my work on here better. I know it can be a real pain to browse older work.

I'm going to make more physical items of my work. Mostly because I want more Mari things in my house! >:3

I'm also going to try to just be nice to myself more. I've spent too much of my life being too hard on myself.  It served me well in the past, but I just want to be more positive going forward. I think my push into comics and making more art for me is going to help that a lot.

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I hope everyone's year, despite any negative things that might have happened, was an overall positive one. I sincerely hope next year is even better for you. <3

Thank you for all the support! Much love. <3
Happy Holidays & Happy New Year! <3 <3 <3