Day ?? of Quarantine. Week 4.

I have decided to start writing my thoughts about the current situations as things move forward. I thought it might be good for my own mental health, and also might serve as a source for others to look at too. For what, I’m not sure. Maybe guidance, or validation to just feel like they’re not alone in how they’re feeling right now. Things are really tough out there.

Today I read that NY State is extending the quarantine order until April 29th, so I am preparing for another month of being indoors. This is all very weird. I’m deeply introverted, but I could never expect to want to socialize so badly. I am very worried for the state of humanity going forward after taking such a hit.

The good news is that being forced to stay home and away from usual distractions has made me be very productive, which is something that I usually have trouble with. I have thrown myself into my art, and made a lot of new pieces. I have released a ton of new coloring images available for the people of the world to use while we all collectively try to deal with this nightmare. I actually FINALLY got my website made and live. Now I just need to figure out how to get it out there. SEO is hard to do. No one knows this page exists yet. Which is pretty much why I’m content in writing whatever I want here.

But let’s be real…I’m going to continue writing what I want no matter how many people see this page. That’s the thing about me. I’m aware of the necessities of marketing and social media and algorithms and all the things you need to know and do to make it in this world nowadays, but something about sacrificing pieces of yourself for that just doesn’t seem worth it to me. I’d rather stay completely me…even if that means I don’t have followers or web traffic. Maybe it’ll take longer to get my market to find me, but when I do, those are the ones who will truly appreciate me and what I’m trying to do with my work.

I hope everyone is doing okay out there. I hope all of this ends very soon. In the words of Chidi Anagonye, “I have a stomach-ache.”