Hello everyone. My goal today was to write an entirely different kind of post, but I received some news today that completely changes the context of everything.
I can't be all dramatic and say "I was fired" today. I wasn't actually fired. I did, however, have my hours drastically reduced, and have gone from earning ~£2,300 a month to ~£500. It's kind of cataclysmic.
Of course, I'm immediately on the search for more work (if you know of anything, please let me know!), but for the immediate time being, I'm panicking. Hard.
Right now, I have a few people who either regularly donate when they can, or are using the Ko‑fi monthly payment system. First of all, thank you so so much for that! It really has given me just that touch of breathing room when I needed it. For the past few months I've used that to finalize getting my degree, and relax as much as possible to recover from burnout. It turns out that working on a full-time degree and more-than-fulltime hours while also managing a house and all that comes with it, is a recipe for burnout. And I burned out HARD.
I'm not under any illusions that I can make a career out of writing, making, coding my own silly projects. That is an absolute dream, but what it is right now, and for the forseeable future, is a dream. I also recognise I haven't been providing particularly frequent or large updates on the things I have been working on. I have a few things in the pipeline but I've been focusing on, well, resting. So I can come at this stuff with my full strength and really be proud of what I put out there.
With my hours cut by roughly a quarter, I should have more time to work on these things, although I will be putting a large focus into finding work that can actually pay rent. With that in mind, please look forward to the future. At least one of us has to.