This is probably going to be a short post, but it's been a while since I did a mental check-in, and it's past time.
I've been struggling, and it's against the same villain we get in a lot of Dungeons & Dragons campaigns and in other things in general:
Time. Scheduling.
The last couple weeks have run me pretty ragged, and it's not really showing any sign of letting up. Carving time to write, much less stream, has been super difficult lately, and I'll admit I'm stressing over it. I'm still treading water, but I'm not swimming the way I want to be, to keep with the metaphor. I briefly had a week or two of blog posts ready, but those got taken up pretty quickly when I wasn't able to do more writing than picking at the Criminal From Birth sequel. Writing a blog post doesn't usually take too long, but I'm not always in the mindset when I have the time. And that's not even considering I'm trying to keep my Patreon afloat with new material. So much has stalled, and I knew July was going to be like this, but it's just hard to be going through it.
I'm not licked. I'm not giving up. But I am very much aware that progress on a lot of my projects has gone from streams to drips, if not flat out turned off altogether due to time constraints. I'm trying to get more time when I can, but the problem is a lot of it is coming at the expense of my having any down time, and that's a recipe for severe burnout. I don't want to have that happen again.
I guess I'm asking you and myself to have patience. My best is what I always put forward, but 5 minutes of "best" isn't going to turn out the same as 75 minutes. I may be making good words, there just aren't many.
Love you all!
I've been struggling, and it's against the same villain we get in a lot of Dungeons & Dragons campaigns and in other things in general:
Time. Scheduling.
The last couple weeks have run me pretty ragged, and it's not really showing any sign of letting up. Carving time to write, much less stream, has been super difficult lately, and I'll admit I'm stressing over it. I'm still treading water, but I'm not swimming the way I want to be, to keep with the metaphor. I briefly had a week or two of blog posts ready, but those got taken up pretty quickly when I wasn't able to do more writing than picking at the Criminal From Birth sequel. Writing a blog post doesn't usually take too long, but I'm not always in the mindset when I have the time. And that's not even considering I'm trying to keep my Patreon afloat with new material. So much has stalled, and I knew July was going to be like this, but it's just hard to be going through it.
I'm not licked. I'm not giving up. But I am very much aware that progress on a lot of my projects has gone from streams to drips, if not flat out turned off altogether due to time constraints. I'm trying to get more time when I can, but the problem is a lot of it is coming at the expense of my having any down time, and that's a recipe for severe burnout. I don't want to have that happen again.
I guess I'm asking you and myself to have patience. My best is what I always put forward, but 5 minutes of "best" isn't going to turn out the same as 75 minutes. I may be making good words, there just aren't many.
Love you all!
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