Working As Coping

Today was exceptionally hard for me because one of my wonderful children brought a virus into my house and lucky me caught it. Have no fear, its only a cold (or so it appears anyhow) and as such its nothing I can't handle. However, it does get in the way of me working and that drives me nuts. I am at my absolute worst when I am not being productive in some fashion. Granted, the Peer Support Specialist in me is screaming "BUT ACKNOWLEDGING SELF CARE IS BEING PRODUCTIVE!" but we aren't here for that type of logical shenanigans. So, I like to lean into my work as a way of coping with the illness. Bear in mind, I am privileged, in that I get to work solely from home due to being disabled. So I'm not using a soul-crushing job type of work as a coping mechanism. My passion is my work. So from a Dialectical Behavior Therapy perspective, one could argue that I'm "improving the moment" AND "building mastery" as coping mechanisms for being sick. Plus, I sit at my desk all day drawing on my Huion tablet and listening to music; which is arguably resting to most people. I also don't ignore needs such as bathroom breaks (lie), meals (still lying), and hydration needs (why are you lying, Sir?)...ok, fine...I don't intentionally ignore those lol. When I realize its an issue...I address it. I'm not sure if this blog entry is meant to be helpful advice or just putting it out into the world that we are all human and we're not alone. What I do know, however, is that I got two pages done today on "Big Tittied Vampire Goblin Sorceress" and I can go to bed in peace. That's saying something in my world!

Additionally, I think I've decided I'm only going to post new pages on Bluesky every Tuesday and Wednesday. I'm still going to post on Bluesky on the other days but I'll just use my arsenal of illustrations I've done over the years as filler in the mean time. On the website, though, I still plan to post new pages as soon as I'm done making them. Which is why my site members got to see both pages and those only on Bluesky only seen the one. I am using this as a show of appreciation to those who go out of their way to engage with my content. I love you all and I will strive until the end of my days to show you as much. Welp...I hope this was insightful...and if not...I hope it touched you in all the right places (100% pun intended). Enjoy and stay hydrated!

Always yours,

Goat Daddy