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Posting Schedule Going Forward
2 months ago
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Hey everyone!
For a pretty long while, I've been posting around 3 drawings a week. Before that it was even double that, including the sketch versions. Admittedly, I was doing that initially to keep up with things like algorithms on socials like Twitter or Bluesky, and as a way to stay active there.
But recently it's started taking it's toll on me - mentally, emotionally, and physically.
Admittedly, sometimes I get really bummed and sad when a drawing doesn't perform well on socials, because support is just so... visual on things like Twitter/Bsky. It made me feel like despite trying to post as best as I could, on a schedule, things didn't always match up to my expectations and that took a toll on me emotionally and mentally.
Drawing, typing, and gaming nonstop has affected my hands a lot lately too, giving me troubles for about half a year now and the only thing that's been helping has been toning all of those things down.
So i've been using this week to rethink how I want to do things. And I think, for now - and maybe moving forward from now on - I've decided to cut back to one art post a week. Most likely every... Monday or Friday or something.
I still love to draw and share it, so i've had to really think on how I want to do things and this feels like the current best compromise so I will be more intentional on what gets posted each week.
This way I don't feel like I'm trying to play to the tune of an algorithm and I can also practice being slower and being okay with that, to help heal my hands and mind set too.
Hope you all understand!
This is mainly geared towards Public posts, since I do have stuff still on Patreon backlog to post. As for how this affects Patreon, I'll still do all the monthly promises, it just means I might post slightly less but if I do post more than a drawing a week there, it'll just continue to count towards the exclusives there.
Thank you for understanding and for supporting me! It means the world, and I do want to keep posting my best stuff, just at a pace that is kinder to me 💙
For a pretty long while, I've been posting around 3 drawings a week. Before that it was even double that, including the sketch versions. Admittedly, I was doing that initially to keep up with things like algorithms on socials like Twitter or Bluesky, and as a way to stay active there.
But recently it's started taking it's toll on me - mentally, emotionally, and physically.
Admittedly, sometimes I get really bummed and sad when a drawing doesn't perform well on socials, because support is just so... visual on things like Twitter/Bsky. It made me feel like despite trying to post as best as I could, on a schedule, things didn't always match up to my expectations and that took a toll on me emotionally and mentally.
Drawing, typing, and gaming nonstop has affected my hands a lot lately too, giving me troubles for about half a year now and the only thing that's been helping has been toning all of those things down.
So i've been using this week to rethink how I want to do things. And I think, for now - and maybe moving forward from now on - I've decided to cut back to one art post a week. Most likely every... Monday or Friday or something.
I still love to draw and share it, so i've had to really think on how I want to do things and this feels like the current best compromise so I will be more intentional on what gets posted each week.
This way I don't feel like I'm trying to play to the tune of an algorithm and I can also practice being slower and being okay with that, to help heal my hands and mind set too.
Hope you all understand!
This is mainly geared towards Public posts, since I do have stuff still on Patreon backlog to post. As for how this affects Patreon, I'll still do all the monthly promises, it just means I might post slightly less but if I do post more than a drawing a week there, it'll just continue to count towards the exclusives there.
Thank you for understanding and for supporting me! It means the world, and I do want to keep posting my best stuff, just at a pace that is kinder to me 💙
Will do my best for it and yeah, you're totally right
Definitely doing what I can to help ease all the stress and trying to take more breaks or vacations ^^