On Break (Again)

Some life updates to explain things.

Last month was hell. I had a lot of heavy grief with a friend of mine taking his own life suddenly, losing some ties to family places that have been in my life my whole life (grandparents’ properties being sold), and a bunch of other things.

I am behind on some client work, and I have had to do a bunch of unplanned travel in the last month, and I have a back injury that is being a complete jackass and making it hard to sit at my computer. This month I have a planned vacation that I hope will help me reset and regain some of the energy I have had siphoned out of me.

To be frank, my depression has also been crushing. Most days I struggle to get out of bed, all my pain is jacked up to 11, and making things happen has been a difficulty. Even things I enjoy (like my podcast).

To preserve my mental health, I’m going to take September off and use that time to write some content for future episodes. I also have some friends I want to do interviews with (because I haven’t forgotten those!) and so on.

If something comes up that I want to write a post about, I will do it. I’m not ditching. I am just taking a break from recording.

Also, I have a new intro song that I need to add into my process and want to commission an opening animation for my channel to include it. The song was composed specifically for me by a friend (which is honestly one of the coolest things ever). I also had that same friend compose a piece for my book series, which is one of the coolest things I have. It’s so awesome.

The friend is Eyes On The Moon Studios and his music is fantastic. As is he.

The editing and ghostwriting work I’ve been doing recently has drained all the creative energy out of me, but I am still intending to clean up and release a book as soon as I am able to make it happen. I’m honestly just… behind.

My mental health has been awful, and I am trying to stabilize and catch my breath after what has felt like one hit after another. It’s seemed like the universe is treating me like the Monty Python Foot.

Exactly like this.

I am also working on some things unrelated to writing that are taking up a fair bit of time and energy though for good reasons.

Overall, I am still here, I’m still planning to continue the podcast and have some exciting things lined up for the very near future. I just have also been struggling and need to take care of myself.

If you’re struggling, as I suspect many of you are, and need to take care of yourselves, I hope you do. You deserve to.

All my love, friends. I’ll see you in a few weeks.