Patreon paused for one more month

Okay so I've got a lot I'd like to speak publicly to you guys about. Its not exactly a quick read so

 TLDR;   I want to move forward with making artwork my full-time job and actually commit the hours towards it. Expect me to be more serious in the coming months. Until then, the month of November will be slower, and I'm pausing patreon because of it.

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Okay now for the full drivel. I've never been in exactly a healthy mental state the entire time I've been a social media artist. The entire time was me pursuing being a better artist while getting commissions and having fun. 

But being tethered to a part time job while also drawing felt like I was wasting my life on things I didn't care about. Since then my life hasn't been structured around anything and I've yet to apply any rigid work structure apart from "Work weekdays". This needs to change. Not only because of how little art I end up making but because it's become a joke of my friends that I'm a skilled artist but am always slow to take on new commissions. A lot has changed since I started. I know how to paint, now know how to sketch to accommodate my weaknesses, and am ready to be serious. Because I want to be an artist you can enjoy more of. And I want to get out of this financial hole.

That's the other half of this equation. This is my only source of income, and I need to be far more disciplined treating it that way. I'm currently only a few hundred dollars away from being in debt when I promised myself I'd never get to that point. Due to the grace of my family I've been given windfall by my uncle in the form of a roof rent free until I recover. But I need to get out of my slump and prove to myself (as well as you all) that I can take this seriously. It's doable. Back in July I was fully self sufficient and actually saved money instead of slowly burn through it (I've depleted about $8k I had saved up back when I worked retail through college.) Well... life changed and now I don't formally live anywhere. 

So where do we go from here? First, I be selfish. For parts of October and November I want to visit some people who are close to my heart and be with them. They, too, are permitting me to work while I'm visiting, but I will do so at probably less-than-full-time. Because of this, I will be pausing november's patreon due to the still slowed pace of my artwork. Out of pride, I want to do better for you all.

After these visits, I will be working full time, 9am to 5pm weekdays style. Small lunch. Just like a professional. If I want to be a pro artist I need to act  professionally. Finally, once I am fully back on my feet get a place of my own. 

I've proven to myself I can make enough doing this. Time to do it again.

Here we go.