Every now and then i find it useful to write things out in order to get my thoughts together and have a clearly vision of short to mid term things to deal with and handle. I recommend it to anyone feeling lost.

Have all of the sketch grab bags finished, ill be posting one more batch of 4 tomorrow, and then ill be opening commissions and post a new comm sheet, which is just visually updated, i dont think my prices should move yet. The benefit of *EVERY ONE* of the grab bag sketches being colours (thank yooooou) is it was focussed training on a specific part of work, and it made me realise that i really can do things faster without the quality being terribly impacted. Most of the time i get distracted, probably because the amount of work im expecting to be doing is overloading my brain, and most of the time im staring at the thing making sure i have everything done correctly and to do it as good as i know how to do. When i find myself in future with a lot of sketches that i think are good but i have some reason stopping me from wanting to work on them more, ill do another of these things again.

With the grab bag arc complete, and comms around the corner, i also have 10 personal projects to work on, as well as some sketches that still need posting.

Its currently March, which for me is birthday season, so many people to interact with which is somewhat stressful, then a big gap until mine at the end of April.

Something ive been trying to edge myself towards is to get some kind of part time job. Preferably something remote to do with writing, which is something ill probably always be looking for. Which makes me think, maybe i could look in to doing fanfic type things too. I tend to default myself often to typing because writing is something i enjoy too, so it would be a good setup to funnel into that avenue too if possible. Maybe ill write some short stories and post them around and see if theres any interest in my level of skill if i have any. Buuuuut digression. I have a difficult time with dealing with the real world with other people, which is why i have been trying to get in the right direction with overcoming that via getting a local part time job, and keeping with my current schedule of night shifting, trying to keep as familiar as possibile so the transition is easier to handle. For many people im sure this is feeble sounding, as many of you have jobs and would rather be doing different things. By my own standards i am a bad person, but i am trying to move in the direction to something better. We all move at out own pace, be patient, try to be calm, otherwise youll miss oppertunity being thrown in your face. I put in a job application recently, and was accepted for an interview, however i need proof of identity which i dont have, which means im going to try to get a passport sorted out, but this was more progress than i had before, and its relaxing to know i dont get an immediate phone call with an inflexible time to go to a place within days. And being honest i think its retarded that passports cost any amount of upfront money, like this is what i expect taxes to provide people a *PROOF OF THEIR EXISTENCE* but ok. Using the passport i can also do some investments which would be good. Either way, i am satisfied that i am making progress in multiple ways.

My current long term end goal is to have the money to help fix up the house so it can be sold, and we move back into town which will open up more opportunities, including moving out into my own place nearby so im not in my 30s and dependent on others, while still being able to do certain things that would be unmanageable from far away. In order to get to this point, i have a system, which believe me is the most important thing, learn how to create systems, and how to make habits.

As for short term day to day, summer is around the corner and you can be sure ill have themed YCHs for that. Maybe ill try an art pack with some friends again.