(Not so) short announcement

Hello everyone,

I've been sharing some news regarding my health and its influence on all my TS4-related activities on tumblr in the past weeks, but I completely forgot that some of you might be following me only here and that info might not reach you unless I write a post on patreon as well. So sorry! If that really was the case, here's a short explanation of why I suddenly turned silent - and a little overview of what you can expect in the future:

I've been fighting with some problems with my right eye since a good month ago. It started as a small inconvenience, seemed to have gone away, only to come back with a triple force soon afterwards. I've been to two doctors and they both diagnosed it as some mechanical injury of the cornea. Good news is, it's nothing dangerous or permanent: it might take some time, but in the end the eye will heal. Bad news is, in some cases it can take really long, and the process can be extremely painful - as I've experienced a week or two ago.

Right now I feel completely fine (actually, today is the first day when I don't even feel anything rubbing against my eyelid or anything, the right eye feels just like the left one - basically, I can forget that it exists and it's splendid!). However - especially because I already thought I'm almost fine once and it only got worse afterwards - I'm still very cautious. I'm trying to find some healthy balance between going back to my usual lifestyle and not overstraining the eyes. To be honest, I don't think I'll ever fully go back to it. I was spending way too much time in front of the screen in the past year, which wasn't good either for my health or my other hobbies. In a way I really enjoyed the past week, which I spent almost fully without computer or phone - I was bored and impatient at times, but the days got so long all of a sudden, and I could do so many other things in that time!

So, now that you know why I stopped releasing anything new, let's talk about the future a little bit:

1) Even though I feel fine, I think it wouldn't be smart for me to go back to meshing already. Out of all computer-related activities, meshing is the most eye-tiring thing I can think of, and I don't want to risk it. I decided to give myself a break till the end of this week, and maybe go back to it next week - only if the eye still feels ok, of course.

2) That being said, I'd like to release a little followers' gift soon, ideally still in November. I've planned a set for this occasion (4000+ followers!) and even managed to finish 2 out of 3 pieces before my eye turned into a total mess. It's a cool thing, 1890s themed, badly lacking right now, so I hope you won't be disappointed once I finally publish it!

3) It's always hard for me to foresee what I'm going to do in the future, but I think after the followers' gift my cc producing speed will decrease. I feel like I've been working constantly on one piece or another in the past months, especially since the end of September: the whole German collection, 2 1840s dresses, 2 Simblreen gifts, right afterwards the followers' gift... It's been a lot. Don't get me wrong, I really like meshing and creating new stuff, and usually I completely forget about such mundane things as time when working on something - but that's exactly the problem. I want to stop dedicating every free minute to meshing and regain some balance in my life. So, I'd say from now on you may count, on average, with 1 or 2 cc pieces per month, not more. I'm sorry, but you know. Living is kinda important too ;).

4) Just one more thing which might influence the amount of time I dedicate to meshing: my job. I'm a freelancer, a computer screen (and proper vision) is a necessary part of my work - so, as you can probably guess, this month I've earned a big fat null so far. I'm not starving yet, don't worry, but in case any new offers arrive, I intend to accept each and every single one of them, to repair my budget at least a bit. I must confess giving job offers a priority over meshing wasn't always the case (especially if the offer looked deadly boring XD), but now it will be, no second thoughts. Savings are nice, but they tend to disappear if you don't reinforce them, and I don't intend to let that happen.

This was supposed to be a short announcement and turned into an essay :/ Obviously. I don't think anyone is surprised. I think I managed to cover everything important though, so... that's good I guess?

Stay awesome everyone and don't stare at your screens for too long ;)