Important Update & Content Survey! (Patreon)

Sorry for not posting any updates and worrying anyone but I've had a rough few weeks. Thank you all for the well-wishes, it really means a lot. 🤗 I tested negative for covid but was still extremely sick, fatigued, and having trouble breathing. Up until this last weekend I was still fatigued - like so weak that I couldn't keep my arms up to put my hair up in a ponytail. I finally got to my actual doctor (because they won't let you schedule appointments if you have any covid-like symptoms until you test negative) and she said she's pretty confident it was just a bug and I needed to rest. 

My doc also brought up that this is the 5th time I've been sick since January and after talking with her for a bit I realized that the problem is I'm overworking myself and not letting my body rest and recuperate. She also asked me to step back and imagine what it would be like for me if I did have covid right now and possibly needing to be hospitalized because I'm not taking care of myself and that hit me kinda hard.

When I started a Patreon and really became more consistent with creating content I was working as a consultant. I was able to offer lots of different types of creations with no problem because I had a lot of time to work with. But since I moved to Cali and have taken on a full-time job I've been spending most of my time outside of that creating content. After looking at it I realized I've been spending upwards of 14 hours a day on the computer between work and creating and consistently getting less than 5 hours of sleep at night. 

So I've decided to take steps to find some balance in my life. I've already started by drawing some boundaries with regard to my work hours. I realize that if I just spent more time re-charging in the evening I could likely get more done during the day and not feel like I have to work all the time. I also realize that as much as I love creating, I have to use some of that free time to focus on self-care in other ways.

This means that I need to adjust the time I spend creating content. I won't ever stop creating because it's therapeutic for me in a lot of ways and I need it to help with my anxiety and stress. I just need to have limits on the amount of time I spend doing it which means limiting the different types of content I create.

To help me decide what that content will be (because you know I love to create everything lol) I've started a survey to get an idea of what your favorite stuff is so I can try to focus on those things. This doesn't mean I'm going to completely abandon the content types that don't make the cut, it just means I won't be creating those on a consistent basis anymore. You can take the survey here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q72MYP8 

I paused payments for July (which get charged on August 1st) and I will get a good chunk of the things I promised for July done during August. Starting September 1st I will pivot into making the whatever the results of the survey are as my normal monthly content. Tiers may need to be adjusted but I'll look into that when the survey results are in.

Thank you all for being so kind and understanding, I appreciate you!

❤️ Brazen