Chapter 06 Update: My Health, the Delay, and Next Steps (Patreon)

Hey, everyone. How are you all doing?

First of all, I want to apologize for disappearing yesterday and sincerely thank everyone who showed concern. Yes, I'm alive, but the past few days have been pretty difficult. 😵‍💫

To give you some general context without dragging this out: these past three weeks have been extremely exhausting for me. In an attempt to meet the deadline I had announced, I started pulling all-nighters to produce content for the chapter, once again neglecting important aspects of my physical and mental health, even though I had already mentioned that I wouldn't do that anymore.

But this time, the consequences were much worse than I expected. I started dealing with severe insomnia, dizziness, headaches, and extreme muscle tension. Even so, I ignored all of it and kept working until I realized that I probably wouldn't be able to finish in time, and my work was already starting to look terrible.

Yesterday I lay down for a while to see if I could recover a little, but because of the insomnia and the pain, I couldn't. So I went to the doctor, who gave me more of a scolding than anything else, hehe.

I took some medication, and today I managed to sleep for eight hours, so I'm feeling slightly better. 😁

Looking back at what happened with the releases of Chapter 05 and now Chapter 06, I realize that I was far too optimistic with the roadmap, and that was a mistake. Three months to produce a chapter while maintaining the high standard I aim for is simply not realistic.

So, I'm incredibly sorry, but for now, I'll have to postpone the chapter's release. I'll also temporarily remove the estimated dates for the upcoming chapters from the roadmap.

I know the vast majority of you will understand and support me. Even so, I feel terrible for having said so many times that the chapter would be released this weekend and, in the end, not being able to deliver what I announced. Honestly, I'm really sorry. 😞

To those who subscribed to Patreon over the past few days exclusively because of the release, please contact me if you would like a refund.

And just so I don't end the post on a horrible note, I promise I won't put myself through this kind of situation again. I already have a few changes in mind to prevent things from reaching this point in the future.

On top of that, I'm very close to finishing the chapter. I just won't commit to announcing a new date today.

Thank you to everyone who supports me. I truly mean it. 🥺❤️