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May work schedule and personal update.
🕑 Added 2024-05-03 17:00:29 +0000 UTCHi guys!
I apologize for the delay with delivering the last few rewards corresponding to the month of April. As you probably noticed, I had major delays during the last couple of months. In reality I have been having a number of personal issues that have kept me from reaching my goals these days.
I try to not involve my personal affairs, but someone told me I should probably tell you all when something important happens. The thing is, that me being a father of two kids has been an extremely complicated and difficult personal task. Not only my free time has been incredibly reduced as the kids grow, I also need to use more and more of my monthly earnings to pay for all the stuff the kids need. Taking care of my family along with having to work more has caused me to feel exhausted all the time. That complicates another issue I've had all my life, which is a tendency towards depression.
When I was a teenager I suffered of depression quite heavily. I managed to control it over time by working on my mental health, but ever since every time I feel tired for a long time, I start to feel that depression crawling back to pester me again. Sadly these days I have felt depressed and that doesn't help with making any of my daily tasks any easier, which in turn makes more and more daily tasks accumulate and make me feel worse. It's a vicious cycle that I'm working on breaking, but that's affecting many aspects of my life including my work.
Add on top of that, many other common problems that decided to strike at the right time, like problems with my taxes, family issues, house repairs, etc. In short, life has not been easy on me recently, and I have noticed how that makes me work slower than usual and have less concentration.
I want to be perfectly clear that I'm not trying to justify any flaw on my side, since I'm pretty sure you all are dealing with your own issues everyday. I just want to explain why you may have noticed my work has been slower than usual. I may require to take some time to rest in the future, but I'll let you know when that happens. For now, all I ask from you is patience.
Since the month of May has five fridays, I decided to use this week to finish all delayed work and tackle next week as if it was the first week of May. That means that you're gonna see Moonlace comic pages on friday 10th and 24th of the month, and Bethellium updates on friday 17th and 31st of the month.
Zoana's short story that's gonna be called "The Lonely Alchemist" is fully written and I'm now just awaiting the auction winner to read it and give me their thoughts. The cover of the story is also finished and awaiting for approval. I sincerely hope to be able to deliver Patreon's monthly rewards in time during May, because that also helps me feel better and more confident that I have things under control. But we'll see what happens.
Anyway, I hope you don't mind much the venting. I try to avoid it as much as possible.
I'll probably write another personal update by the end of May, when we get closer to finishing Chapter 3 of Moonlace.
Thanks a lot for your amazing support and patience!
Comments
affie-beck-lauder
Rest, recovery, and be yourself!
Dominic Schwab
I struggle with depression myself, so all I can say is, don't overwork yourself. You deliver so much every month. If you need a break, take it.
Dimitri
your personal and family affairs come before the rest, it doesn't matter if you don't do anything artistic, your health and that of your loved ones is much more important. you are not an machine ABD. but give us your news because we would be reassured to know how you and your loved ones are doing.
Colord44
Sharing is a key step to getting better. A family is tough; kids are a lot of work. But they're your number one priority as a family man and father. I can't speak from my experience but I know at points, it was tough for my mother raising me and my brother on her own (With help from others of course). But yeah as they get older what they want to do is going to increase in things too. As for the depression, yeah I was down in the dumps beginning middle of 2019 all the way till the end of 2023. I felt I wasn't getting anywhere; I wasn't making progress in anything I wanted. It didn't help my new job I felt panicked and I had not time for anything. But things stabilized, and I'm doing much better, even if it's not easy at times. One's mental health is important but yeah it's not easy to get out of the funk at times. Life is tough on all of us, more so than others. Take care of yourself first and your family. Take breaks when needed (I've had to focus more on sleep then my stuff and it's helped). What you did wasn't venting but helping us understand the situation. We understand as real life is far more prority than any series. (Sorry for this long reply but this spoke to me).
TM wolf
The importance of self-care can never be overstated, Deer. Whenever there's a chance for an extra breather, I say go for it! 🙂
KieferSkunk
You are not alone, ABD. I, and I'm sure many of us, know what it's like to be where you are. Please take care of yourself first. I'm not going anywhere.
BlackMoria
Take care of yourself and your family. If you don't, everything else is at risk of falling apart. I been there, done that. Your top priority is taking care of yourself and your family. We, the fans, understand that.
Eddie Murphy
Do what you need to do to take care of yourself and your family! Your health and wellbeing is much more important than anything else.
Gally
Take a break for as long as you can. I won't complain. Real life > furry girls.
