DREAMPIPE
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Important Notice! Going to pause pledges in February!
🕑 Added 2025-01-14 12:00:12 +0000 UTCHi y'all!
After a fair bit of deliberating, I've decided that for February I'm going to take a much needed break so I can return better rested in March! I've been going at this straight for 3 years now, and especially over the latter half of last year I've been feeling the burnout creep in. While I still manage to meet my deadlines I've noticed my work cycle on getting things done get slower and slower trying to keep focus; and with February coming up - the dreaded shortest month that gives the least amount of time to get work done - I decided it would be the right time to take a much needed break without deadlines to worry about for a bit! I fortunately live with family that understands, and I am not the major breadwinner, so it'll be a great relief!
What this means for the current February POTM Suggestions and upcoming poll:
They're gonna be for March's Picture of the Month instead! Not complicated really, one of the things I've always liked about my system is that y'all know ahead of time what you're pledging for in the next month, so y'all know what to look forward to when you come back! I hope y'all stick around!
What this means for POTM pack requests for preexisting B PLUS pledgers:
unfortunately you will not be able to make requests during February, and you'll have to wait till March; I'm aware there's no other way to get past POTM packs but this is also the distribution method I feel most secure with, so I'd be grateful for your understanding orz.
NEW: What this means for New Pledgers during February:
while payments are paused for preexisting pledgers i've decided i'll be sending out the January pack to any new pledgers during the break! (pack version still based on tier)
Thank you for the extra support during my break!
What I'm gonna do:
During the break I'd like to draw things for myself, some things you might see and some you might not! It's important to me that art remains something I love rather than just a job! That and also probably just a fair bit of sitting on my ass without something looming in the horizon. Also possibly take care of some much overdue things, like maybe upgrading this 8 year old computer of mine... but who knows, main priority is not stressing for a bit!
Depending on how good this break does for me, I might consider making February a recurring break month; it's always a month I dread in this line of work with it's previously mentioned short timeframe, and it may be better for the long term health of keeping this going ^_^.
Anyway, thank you if you read all that, and thank you regardless anyway for supporting me! I know I say that a lot but I do mean it, I'm very lucky to have this be a job that works for me and it's because of y'all, and I kinda don't know how to say how much that means to me. So! Thank you! I hope y'all stick around when March comes! I'm very grateful for all of you!
With all that said, January is still on, so I hope y'all look forward to the upcoming POTM still in store! ^_^
Comments
Tav
You deserve a break!!! You have worked so hard for so long enjoy the time off!!!
DREAMPIPE
any job that has to suffer deadlines in that wretched month...... fucked up they built that month like that......
gooeycandy
February should be national artists take a lil break month tbh
