I'm taking October off! (Patreon)

Hello again! Sorry for the double update- but I wanted to make extra sure that everyone would have a chance to see this update!

TLDR: 

Reduce or Remove your pledges! [ $1 will grant you access to all posts! I don't lock anything by amount! ] Next month won't be a game production month and there will be no credits list for October!

Full Version:

After mulling it over, I've decided that taking a full month off in October is my best option to recover my own health and to get ready for the long slog of drawing 180+ CGs. 

I've been experiencing various bodily and mental health issues since the beginning of the summer and I think I need a long break. Even though I've been updating my work process to be much healthier by managing my time, including breaks every half hour, and taking daily walks or doing yoga- I'm still experiencing some burnout. 

Funnily enough, I actually don't think my burnout is even the result of my work. I think this is a special case and the burnout is actually from the emotional labour of just dealing with extra stress and -gestures widely at everything- you know.

But I still feel that taking a month off my work will give me some time to really rest my brain.

I may actually still play with my game during the month off, but just to touch up some things like Mason's backgrounds and a few dialogue bits I want to tighten up again [ I have a little wishlist of dumb things I didn't have time for ]. I'll only be doing 'unnecessary extra' work, and not touching CGs or anything.

I also plan to do more yoga  [ I just finished 'Yoga With Adrienne 30 day journey 2015 on youtube! I'm gonna do her recent 2020 30 day thing now! ], get outside more, put up some halloween lights for my own personal joy, and read a real-ass book.

I haven't read an actual book in years and I'm itching for some non-screen escapism right now, so I bought a paperback copy of Frank Herbert's Dune. Should be coming in the mail any day! I'm actually a big Dune fan because I watched the old movie with plastic thong Sting when I was just a kid and I loved it. I consider his 'Litany Against Fear' to be one of my closest held personal mantras. [ looking back, that wasn't really a kid friendly movie... lmao ] And I just think it would be really cool to finally actually read the book right before a fancy new reboot movie comes out.

ANYWAY, enough about my personal shenanigans. The important thing is that everyone knows what's going on.

Like I mentioned in a previous update, I'm still going to be posting Saturday updates just for the sake of posting something. It's likely just going to be checking in and talking about regular life stuff lmao x'D

I also want to thank everyone here for tolerating this extra time off for me. I honestly feel safe making a decision like this, and it's 100% because of how kind and supportive you guys have always been of me. It means the world to me. It truly genuinely does- this is my world.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart! And please stay safe! <3