I get by with a little help from my friends
Added 2015-10-15 23:57:33 +0000 UTCSome'a my process on next week's comic (October 20, 2015). Thanks to Lucy Bellwood for posing with me for the photo reference!
Right now I'm feeling really overwhelmed with everything going. I fell off my meticulous system for tracking sales expenses way early in the year and now there's just... hundreds. I can't bring myself to start on them! Before I went on my two week trip to visit Matt's family, I got my inbox down to zero, but while I was gone it exploded again and, just like with the tax receipts, it's too much for me to start tackling again. I need to send out press releases about Volume Two, I need to buy a buncha accouterments for the book release party and draw up the special print for it*, I fell two weeks behind on work from a bad cold that evolved into Walking Pneumonia, I gained 30lbs in about six months (from the combination of being sick for two weeks, being on vacation for two weeks, and adjusting one of my medications that makes me prone to weight gain. MIND YOU, I'm mostly concerned about the rapidity with which I've gained that much weight, 30lbs in six-ish months is Not Normal), I should do this and I should do that and if I were a good business owner I'd be on top of all these other things, and if I were a good friend I'd be there for them right now... And I've got this package that I need to mail out!!! :O
Just feeling like kind of a failure on many fronts right now?
I keep reminding myself that even with all these worries, nothing is literally on fire, nobody is actually going to die if I completely fail at all of them. And I won't fail at all of them. They may not all get done to the best of my ability, and some may not even get done at all, but I can chip away at them bit by bit. Starting with this package that needs postage.
*Oh yeah, book release party! If you're in the Portland area, please come party with me :)
October 25, 6-8pm
GladRags
215 SE Morrison, St
Portland, OR
I'll be donating proceeds to Planned Parenthood and anyone who spends at least $10 at GladRags will get a super special, limited edition print from me for free.
Okay, so that's my update.
How're you guys?
What's the best thing that happened to you in the last seven days?
For me it was celebrating Matt's and my 7 year wedding anniversary yesterday (even though it is technically today) by going to a sauna together and I even got a little 30 minute massage. Oh my god, I left feeling like a brand new woman. Yeah. Life ain't all bad.
xoxo,
Erika
Comments
Haha, that's kinda what I'm telling myself, "I'll just... start fresh in January." But, like, I'll need this year's stuff sorted to report my expenses so I'll have to do it some time :( :( :(
Erika Moen
2015-10-17 22:57:53 +0000 UTCCongrats on 6 years and on getting a sleep aid! Fuck yeah, you get a full night's sleep :)
Erika Moen
2015-10-17 22:56:50 +0000 UTCCongrats on 7 years! We are celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary a week late with a vacation (helps that our birthdays are also within a couple weeks, so we sorta lump them all together and vacation most years around this time...) :-) We use time tracking at work and I had fallen off the wagon after Memorial Day and spent nearly 4 hours this week catching back up after having done a bit here and there to fill in gaps for billable work. Was a pain and OMG so glad its done. My best thing in the last 7 days is getting official permission from my OB for a mild sleep aid. I'm 16 weeks pregnant and dealing with hormone induced insomnia - skipped it last night to see if it was REALLY helping and yup, awake for the day at 4a. Glad to have it and SO glad to know its making a difference!
Ariane Woods
2015-10-17 09:44:36 +0000 UTCCongrats on 7 years! And I feel ya' on getting behind on stuff. Earlier this year, I set up a whole simple expense/profit tracking system, and now I'm a couple months behind and I just...ugh. It's like "well, almost the end of the year, maybe I'll just start again in Jan." But at the end of the day, it's okay, and it sucks, but eh. "Nothing is literally on fire" was actually a really good thing for me to hear, so THANK YOU.
Shing Yin Khor
2015-10-16 23:08:18 +0000 UTC
