Let's Have a Talk (Patreon)

First off, cat(s)

Secondly, I'd like to redirect your attention to this banger of a post from last year. Why, you may ask. Because apparently I learned 0 from that bit of reflection. That all the sentiments I feel in that post are still true to this day. I love writing and creating things. I love making people happy with my stories. I appreciate the financial backing that you all have given me.

But I can't continue with the way things are at present without recognizing this system is not working for me. I'm treading water constantly. Always feeling like I need to catch up.

Writing is a daily activity for me to the point where I can't focus on things in the moment. Whether it's at work or at home or at the gym. There's this little voice going 'hey, you gotta finish this fast so that way you can meet your output for today' and then trying to map out the day around how to make the most when it comes to writing.

It's harrowing to realize that this is how some addicts function. I was sick the other week with food poisoning/salmonella and listening to old John Mulaney stuff from 2023. There's a bit where he discusses a similar thought of "It'll be faster to take the train so I can get home and do more cocaine" rather than simply going about his day to day activities.

And the same is true here. Boot up a game? "Hey, have you written enough?" Watch TV with Mom? "Don't forget you got these things to do." Working out "Hurry up, you gotta finish." All in an effort to get the Word document open and get back to writing.

I said this last year, I'll say it again: THIS IS NO ONE ELSE'S FAULT BUT MY OWN. This isn't a single person or issue; all me and my lack of being able to put hard limits on things. It's why I'm behind on projects or start stuff but never finish them and so on. Same with commissions and falling behind on those.

So, what's the plan moving forward? Some restructuring I'd say for certain since I want to keep giving good quality but in order to do that, I have to move things around.

This is where we're at:

I am turning off billing for the month of September on August 31st. No one should be charged until October. Why? As previously mentioned, I fell ill and am behind on stuff. Which means Rotation 2 won't be until October. However, this also means both Rotation sets have gotten 5 things this year.

The following is going to be restructured/changed from here on out

WIP & Poll will stay the same

$6 will be Picture Captions (1k). Hard limit of 15 slots but they'll be every month.

$10 will be 3 page (1.5) Prompts. Hard limit of 10 slots but they'll be every month. I'm not combining this with the Picture Captions. So you can have either, not both.

$15 will be 5-6 page Short Stories. Hard limit of 20 with Rotations still in play. (Honestly, since that means it'll be six less slots, if people want to volunteer I'll find a way to make up for that inconvenience).

$21 will be 6-7 page Short Stories. Hard limit of 12 but they're every month.

$40 will be 8-10 page Stories. Hard limit of 8 but they're every month.

I do hope that this doesn't cause too much of a headache. My goal in life has always been to try and maximize others' happiness. But, to quote weeb-lady in 2024 "doesn't that get exhausting?" The answer is yes.

I appreciate you all and thank you as always.