Backlog Update

Hello everyone. I have an update concerning my backlog. I'll get straight to the point. Any work that was commissioned outside of this month, August 2022, is going to be put on my list to be refunded.

I will now explain why I have come to this decision.

I have a backlog that is 3 years old going on four years. The longest any commission in my opinion should not be worked on is 6 months. At that point, a refund should be issued. My backlog reaches that requirement several times over. I am being realistic. I am never going to be able to get all of this done. And that is my fault. It is no one else's. Extenuating circumstances have come to light that have been buried deep by my own regret. What that means is, is that reality has set in. I have chronic pain in my left leg and my right shoulder from sitting for hours on end in my office. Trying to get this work done. I have had no time to go to the doctor to have these things checked. Because the pain of paying my bills is greater than the pain that I'm dealing with in my body. August has been the lowest business month I've had in the 3 years that I've been doing this professionally. With so many things affecting me and my health and my livelihood, I realize that there are things that I can no longer keep uncompleted. That is why I need to consolidate my work and make sure that it is more manageable for me. I understand that there are people that have been waiting a very long time for their commissions. There are even people that even forgot they commissioned me because it's been so long. These facts break my heart. But it is my reality. And it is something that I need to accept and fix.

From this point on if I owe you a commission please contact me via discord or my work email if you have any questions regarding what I owe you. I so desperately want there to be an option where this work does get completed. And no matter what scenario that I play out in my head, I know that that is just not going to happen. I have failed everyone that has commissioned me in the last 3 years that have been so patient. I don't know how much my words are worth now. But please understand that I am deeply sorry, and it was never my intention for this to happen.

I am sad. I feel like my livelihood in this career is over. But, I do have some peace for at least trying to come to a conclusion with this backlog that I have.

As defeating as this journal sounds, please understand that I'm not wiping my galleries and I'm not ghosting anyone. I'm still here and I'm still available to communicate. I want to fix this. I want to make things right.

I feel that there should be more said, but I don't want to add any fluff to the amount of information that I am trying to communicate. That being the case, I will iterate that I am here to communicate via discord or my work email. Those two places are the best way to get in contact with me. I do not normally use the chat engines that some of my galleries provide.

Thank you all so much for taking the time to read this. If I missed anything or I left things unclear, just let me know in a DM or an email and I will try to rectify that as quickly as I can.