:D Fish kiss grants blissful starship wishes!~
<XD I tried lol!

Another resolution is to work on my anime backlog ;-; And finish some series.

Also trying not to die is a good one. =w=

If only anime were a school subject...I'm not sure that's entirely a good idea. <X'D lol but it'd be a cool subject a lotta people can get into!

Aaand I'll just leave this here, in case anyone else needs some homework help. x}

I heard in Japan that that was becoming a thing?? I forgot where and how long ago I saw that, though. =_=

I keep thinking I keep checking up but nah. I guess I think about it, then don't. Ahh. Happy New Years everyone! Looks like we're in for a bumpy ride already. Remember folks if you're already in Hell it can't get any worse! Heads high and we'll make it through. I'll be taking names for those of you who wanna check out early. Hell's in need of souls.

It happens. XD I do that too sometimes.

And happy new yea-- wait it's the 15th already ._. oh well happy new year anyway, hopefully things aren't crappy all year long.

Yeah, am really hoping the year gets better than it's been so far, but am trying not to get my hopes up too much just yet.
XP

so far 2021 is just 2020 new game plus

With luck, maybe we'll get an update layer in 2021 that has some better content.
Lol

Hey guys, I'm working on a book, anyone got suggestions of where I could post (anywhere on the internet) and get views?

Do you want to post it all at once or like chapters?

I'm debating, I've posted about nearly all of chapter one on Booksie, I'm debating if I want to post chapter by chapter, or all at once now. I was mostly sampling with chapter one and so far people like it so I'm definitely going to continue it. My END goal is to try to publish it somehow some way. IF I can manage to finish it that is!

Meanwhile I changed my password on here after all this time for the first time since joining! Now I can't get in half the time hah!

How has everyone been?

I used to use mibba for writing, also heard things about wattpad. it's been so long though idk if anyone uses either.

For self publishing, I think you can do so through amazon or lulu

Thanks for the rec! I'll keep them
in mind, I've heard of Wattpad a few times but it seems a bit fanfic fandom heavy so I'm a bit reluctant to use it.

Afraid I can't help with the online book posting/self-publishing stuff.

As for how I've been....it's a bit all over the place. Mainly I'm dealing with a bit of chaos, but mostly trying to recover from stress and burnout despite my one job still throwing lots of stress at me.

But a summary: quit 1 of the 3 jobs I was working, got a promotion at one job, and am just trying to figure out my schedule outside of work as it's been several years since I've actually had significant time outside of work to do stuff.

Aw that's a shame Kade, I really hope you can get time to do stuff you like to do. Gonna your yourself to the bone! I'm shocked you haven't already.

Lol. Was confused until I realized how muddy my post was.
To clarify: I do have time now. Approx 2.5 days with no work. I just need to schedule stuff for that time to give my days off more structure and help hold the depression off some since right now I spend most of my free time sleeping or just laying on my bed doing nothing.

If you do find a good place, let me know. I've been working on a novel myself

Ahh! Well it's good you do get some time off then. I hope you can work things out! Sometimes sleep is good world is a crazy place rest is important. @Kade

I like Booksie so far, my short story got a few likes a d comments, but I had to delete it once I posted a full chapter so it doesn't have any likes or views now. But that's OK! The community seems nice so I'm sticking with it. @Mon

Lol. I mean, Derpy would agree. Sleep is good. But when I have 2 days off in a row and the only productive thing I do the whole time is feed the cats...that's less good. Not saying I need to go crazy and do EVERYTHING all at once, just...I need to find a balance between doing nothing and doing stuff. Like...even just having 1-2 hours per day of working on projects, maybe 30 minutes of cleaning/chores and the rest of the day for fun/naps/etc would be more productive than what I'm currently doing. XP

That's completely reasonable, see you're working on a schedule already! I know you're probably not looking for suggestions but maybe it could help! When I'm having a motivation loss I tell myself I'm not allowed to sit or nap until I do something. I can stand in one spot and pace the halls for 30 minutes before finally thinking of what to do, but it helps me to not sleep and waste the day in the mean time.

Cool cool, I'll check it out

Good luck Mon! Also it seems the site is world wide, I like peeking at books to see if I'd read em, and one book was all German!

Thanks, you too

That is a good way to do it, unfortunately, it hinges on me being able to drag myself out of bed in the first place.
XD

But like, when I do get up to feed the cats, I really should implement the "no sitting down" rule instead of climbing back into bed and letting the depression claim me.

My feet will get eaten and my bed will be pissed on before I'm ever allowed to lay in bed for long. The cat and dog are in cahoots.

I think it's worth a try! The other day I stared into space for an hour before getting the motivation to work on my book. I feel you thought, the urge to get back in bed is so strong. In a way my pets being ill behaved maniacs keeps me going.


SPEAKING OF WHICH BOOKSIE BURNED DOWN! I have been forced to Wattpad. Now I have to compete with BTS zombie fanfics. Help.

That's rough :(

Yeah, I don't like Wattpad one bit :( too much competition, can't get seen.

Yeah...my cats are too chill. Like, Batty will scream for food, but if I ignore him, he eventually quiets down and just stares at me until I move slightly. Then the screaming starts again. Repeat until he's being fed. XD
And Shade will meow a bit, but then just sjuggles with me until I get up.

Ugh. Yesterday, I got up early because a friend and I were gonna go on a trip out of town, but they cancelled because we got maybe 1/4 of an inch of snow...so I went back to bed and napped until close to noon. So then I figured if I got up and went into the living room maybe I would get the motivation to do stuff, but I had a mild migraine at that point and ended up napping off and on all afternoon on the couch until just after 5pm. XP
I felt so bad for being lazy, but also not that bad because it's hard to do anything with a migraine anyway.
Gonna try harder to be productive tomorrow sonce I'm off most of the day.

My cat screams without ceasing, had to accompany a family member to the hospital last night nearly all night long. As soon as I came back and laid down he began wailing at me to feed him! Sat him in the bathroom with his litter box popped some headphones in and went to sleep.

Aw man could've totally made Derpy a snow fort! I think snow and headaches are a valid reason to sleep all day though so don't be toooo hard on yourself!! I hope your week has been more productive feeling!

Yeah, I'm glad my cats kinda aren't that annoying all the time... >.> Batty tries, but if I ignore him, he just settles down.

And yeah, I don't beat myself up when lazy days are accompanied by migraines or bad headaches. But I do when there's no physical pain or reason I can't. Which is dumb because it's kind of minimizing the need for mental health care, but I'm working at getting better at accepting that days off don't always have to be busy or productive. Though I gotta also get better at at least trying to get stuff done.

Listen I understand being hungry but screaming endlessly because I'm 10 minutes late to feeding you is a bit much!


All improvement is great improvement! How have you been lately? Working on any projects or such?
I was going to update my avatar but for the life of me cannot find the wolf I used. I guess I'm sticking with this avi forever heh.

I've been okay. Mentally just absolutely drained for a while, which probably will be the case for at least the next month or so. It's mainly right now because my boss at one job is out for a minor surgery this week and will be recovering still next week so for the next few weeks, I'm stuck working an extra day. XP (Basically between my 2 jobs, I'm at 40+ hours of work and only 1 day off for about a month or more.) Hopefully it won't be too long before I'm back to having 2 days off again.
And oh yeah, I've got a ton of projects. A custom cat order I've been procrastinating on, a custom dragon order, plus scale glove prototyping, which the plastic scales for should be arriving today, and then a bunch of other projects that have been WiPs for a while. Like a shawl, a couple of blankets, various plushies, etc.

Jeez! Loaded with projects and work! 20 more hours and you'll be working at the pace they do in Japan! Well if anything I hope your boss recovers and the projects go smoothly!

I mean...before I quit my janitorial job, I was a little closer to the Japanese overworking hours. Especially if we had a rental. Though then it was only around 42-48 hours per week. Though it's more if you count the time I spend walking to work. >.>

But my mental health was an absolute disaster. I don't think I actually made any actual crafts last year other than maybe 5 masks.
Granted, this year I haven't made/finished any yet either, but hopefully by the end of the week that will have changed. I keep procrastinating, but am going to try hard to have the cat order done and ready to ship by Fri/Sat (so I can send them out on Tues of next week) and am gonna also try to get my next order of a dragon with a cookie done in the next couple of weeks. And then I can focus on pattern prototyping for another potential order as well as work on some of my wips.
Actually, I did 4 rows on a nearly done shawl the other day and it felt nice to work on a project that doesn't have a deadline, so while an etsy shop sounds nice, I don't know if I'll open it up to customs for a while.

Goodness! Glad you quit that job, it sounds like you're improving since you're trying to work on crafts now! You should totally share some pictures here of some crafts when you get them finished, could also send wips! (If that's allowed dunno if it's secret products you can't show.)

I tried to open an Etsy and honestly the whole thing was confusing and overwhelming, I closed it as quick as I opened it aha.

I've also bought some fun new craft supplies, which helps as a mood booster. Mainly plastic scales for a couple of prototypes (one which will eventually be a custom order and one which is just for me) and also a bunch of really fun slit pupil eyes for dragons. Because tbh, I think my main plushie making focus is gonna be dragons, though I'll still make other animals when I feel like it.

Was gonna argue that I'm not that much better yet mentally, but then accomplished more before heading to work today than I have on the last few days off. Wasn't that much, but is still pretty impressive. Productivity comes in bursts.

Can absolutely share pics! Just have to dig through my phone and upload them. Or might take new pics later tonight as they'd be more accurate for project progress.

New stuff tends to be exciting for awhile, should send pics of the eyes, I fuckin' love how badass dragon eyes look.

Ah well that's a shame, I hope all gets better in time. Mental health isn't a fun fight. I do hope the increased productivity helps!

No rush take your time! I'm doing better with coming to Trisphee! I'd like to be more active so I'll be popping in far more often than usual!

These are some of the new eyes! There are a ton more, but I only have pics of these ones right https://i.postimg.cc/qBWMPKC4/20210423-074741.jpg

Woah neat! I hope I get to see them on a finished product one day!