Hey, it's me, being overwhelmed again!!

Irrelevant photo — a new edit from a verrrry old shoot! This is for an upcoming magazine publication. I really need to reshoot this costume!

I'm sure you guys are tired of hearing about me signing up for more than I can handle, haha. But I feel like I have a few slightly relevant updates to the whole "consistently biting off more than I can chew" problem, so I want to share them and assure you that I'm working on it!

• First, I am quitting one of my two freelance writing jobs that I do as backup/financial stability. I've been hesitant to quit it because my creative income can be so inconsistent, but it's come to the point where I'm sure I don't have time to do everything, and copywriting isn't my dream job, so I'm taking a risk. This should free up around 5-10 hours a week and relieve some stress for me.
  
• Second, I am reevaluating my priorities and large-scale goals. I've been speaking with some creators I admire about how they set goals and what their 5-year and 10-year plans look like, and I'm really trying to identify where I'm headed so I can make sure I'm going down the right path to get there.
  
• Third, I'm asking for help from my family, my friends, and my fiancé, which is something that I have traditionally had a lot of trouble doing. In many ways I've spent the last few years training myself to be a one-woman circus because I've been let down by collaborators before, but not being able to trust other people and let down my guard enough to ask for help is hurting me, so I'm trying to work on that.

I know I'm... months behind on Patreon rewards again, and I'm so dang tired of continuing to fail at this. I have a plan to systematize Patreon rewards, but it can't be implemented until I'm caught up, so I'm going to focus down on that for the next few weeks. (I apologize if I'm a little unresponsive lately!) Here are some quick reward-related updates:

• I have all of the January mailed rewards ready to go, it's just a matter of packaging them and taking them to the post office. That should ideally happen today.
  
• The only thing I'm missing for February mailed rewards are polaroids. I was planning a quick Neverland mermaid look for those that... of course didn't end up being quick, but that's almost ready to go, so I'll be shooting those in the next few days and then those rewards will go out.
  
• The only February digital reward that isn't done is the tutorial, which I... haven't even polled about yet! That poll should be going up shortly so I can knock that out.

Once all those things are done, I'll only be one month behind, which won't be perfect, but will be much better.

You guys are always telling me about how I shouldn't stress about this stuff and I can't tell you how much I appreciate your understanding and your kindness! But I also want to make sure you know how much I appreciate your pledges, and part of communicating that gratitude means delivering on my promises and keeping my commitments. I love Patreon, I love you guys, and it's very important to me to make sure this process works and everyone feels happy and satisfied.

That's it for now!! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, puns, etc.!