MrBiffo
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Self-indulgent Waffle-y Versatile
🕑 Added 2018-04-16 10:17:22 +0000 UTC So, as you're my patrons, you get a slightly more personal, self-indulgent, load of waffle from me than I tend to post on Digitiser. So, here we go.Firstly, thanks for your responses on my last post. That was deeply gratifying. I've not gone back to the potential advertising agency yet, mainly because - as I'm sure I've mentioned too many times - the past month was a tad brutal.
It was a perfect storm of a lot of things. I'd been working too hard already with the day job, helping my ageing parents, and dealing with the sorts of stuff you have to deal with when you've got six kids between you and your partner.
Frankly, running the latest Kickstarter pushed me over the edge. The level of communications I had from people was like nothing I've ever encountered. I mean, just utterly relentless... I was able to push them to one side, but unanswered messages would still weigh on me.
Then the end of the campaign coincided with the school Easter holidays - when I have to do my regular work around significantly more hustle and bustle than usual (meaning, I couldn't get as much work done, which meant it piled up) - and then... Sanya and I had to suddenly organise our long-overdue wedding, having been waiting on dates when her parents would be visiting from Australia. This meant she wasn't as available as normal to help me, which meant I had more day-to-day Digi stuff to handle myself.
Which is all a frightful whinge, but I figure if I can't do that on here, in relative privacy among friends, where can I do it? I'm lucky in that, generally, I don't suffer from depression or anxiety, but the last two weeks were pretty horrible. I've been very, very, very stressed. I stayed mostly away from social media last week, because I knew I'd become a bear with a sore head, and prone to being a bit snappy.
And then, oddly, I drove down to the coast on Friday to visit my daughter, and by the time I'd finished the 90 minute journey my stress and mood had lifted. It was weird how suddenly it passed. I think I just needed that time to reset, away from messages and work, and whatever else... and it did the trick. By the end of the journey, I felt completely back to normal and on top of everything again.
It was all unavoidable really, but also inevitably that it would've wiped me out in such a way. I'm just fortunate that I tend to spring back into shape relatively quickly. I know not everyone is so lucky.
So, that's it. No real point to this. Just wanted to write it down. BYE!!
Paul
Comments
Paul Rose (Mr Biffo)
Don't worry, John. Wasn't any one message. Just a huge mountain of them, coupled with workload. Incidentally... I might need to "borrow" your latest states on the new Kickstarter backer pledges...
Paul Rose (Mr Biffo)
Cheers, Mark. It's much appreciated.
Paul Rose (Mr Biffo)
Thanks, feller.
I think in this day and age it's easy to feel as if there is an expectation that as an interweb celeb, you should be visible and available at all times. I think the vast majority of us Digi fans are (ahem) older and don't have so much of that constant need of instant gratification like a lot of peeps in the twatterbooksphere. Aside from all the fun stuff like Found Footage, Digi is a great way for me to reconnect with what were some very happy times in my youth and I'd hate it if you burned out over it, so look after yourself Paul. :)
Pixels.Ltd (Samuel Victor)
I'm in a similar position with my work right now Paul. Just take it easy. You don't owe any of us Patreon people anything, no pressure. Just do what you can, when you can. Keep well and we all look forward to seeing the results, - only when you are ready :)
John Veness
Look after yourself Paul! I'm glad that car journey helped. Hope none of my messages have contributed to any stress, whether left unanswered or otherwise.
Sam Anderson
That's a lot of stuff to keep on top of! It's cliche, but it's true: everything always happens at once. Glad to hear you're out the other side unscathed <3
