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My first time in the hospital since my run-in with a stingray when I was 12 years old. It was also my first ambulance ride.

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I have a dag-gum kidney stone. WOW. I did not need this right now. Regarding commissions, I'll get done as much as I can next week, but who knows how long it will take for me to pass this stupid little chicken nugget.

Moral of the story is: water is love and life. Please stay hydrated. Or you'll regret it.

EDIT: Anyone got any kidney stone stories? Let's all be miserable together. :'D

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I almost feel like I'm making too big of a deal out of this. Other than unemployment hanging over my head, there's really nothing tragic going on in my life right now. My living space is phenomenal, the fam is great, I have my health, and I always have commissions to work on. Life is good.

So, why am I having trouble working right now? Despite my calendar being filled with evenly-paced tasks that I was to accomplish throughout the week, I've only finished one so far. Here's the truth: I think I'm intimidated by my workload. I've been doing things like avoiding email, working a bit on commissions but stopping before making any meaningful progress, and pushing off daily tasks. I thought it'd be better for me to make myself busy by accepting every job coming my way, but I'm finding it hard focusing on almost 10 different projects at once. As I said before, no need to feel bad for me, what with my ill-considered workload that was entirely my doing. I messed things up quite a bit, but I'll strive to make up for it in any way that I feasibly can.

I'm not announcing a break per se, because I don't think letting commissions pile up will make me feel any better, and I can't afford taking a break unless I want to live off of ramen for a month, but I will be splitting the work load by rearranging some deadlines.

Any pieces that have been payed for in advance (Lya-Ayiana (comic bundle), RedStarryNight (Full Concept), Failist44 (Full Concept), and EnragedPineapple's (Photoshoot) projects) will be moved up in priority and I aim to complete them before Christmas Eve.

To my clients in waiting, consisting of CinnaMonroe (Full Concept), infinighte (Full Concept), Manny Mendez on gmail (custom art bundle), misshekatee (Photoshoot) and Goopsprite (pending), all of whom are either currently working with me on pre-production art, or awaiting a response, will be pushed past the Christmas holiday.

As expected, my trades with Miapet, Xilveros, DarkDragon1010 (RP), and SteamPoweredDragin are also being postponed until my waiting clients have been serviced.

I regret these delays sincerely, but I think it's the more efficient thing to do right now, and I hope it's understandable, although I completely open to any concerns raised by this change. If I have listed you as a client that has not submitted payment, even though you did, please let me know so I can make amendments to my schedule. PayPal records list people's real names and I might've looked over your transaction.

I think I'll shoot for 5 open slots next year, eh? Thank you for observing this message.

~Hark

PS: You know what I'd call great news? Clip Studio Paint has been given an auto-save feature (free update)! Someone must've seen my computer crash on Twitch and and took pity on me.
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Aw Hark I am so sorry!! You've been through the ringer haven't you? :c 
I haven't been on any social media things for a few days so I missed the crazy but you have my prayers and I hope you're on your way to full recovery! And full recovery for your kitchen too!