#a personal update

Your girl is turning 29 on the 29th.

I’m also going away on a trip, in dire need of the seaside and sunshine.

I might update a fic (doubtful) (or I play my sick twisted game of posting it before I board a plane?)

I will be taking this next week to unsubscribe from all the fics I currently follow on here.

Please know that this isn’t a slight against any of you. It doesn’t mean I don’t like your writing. And it doesn’t mean that I’m giving up on you as a creator.

But because of the unintentional pressures and expectations I’ve put on myself, I’m simply in a place where I cannot receive tagged updates for fics anymore.

Okay, so as they say, "Limitations make you limitless": the general idea that if you limit yourself, you'll actually accomplish a whole lot more than if you simply acted without them. I've noticed it's true: I've been able to finish more writing, for example, by limiting myself to just sitting outside and doing it while it's still nice out. I've actually finished a few song lyrics and completed the first chapter of my other Fazbear Frights fanfiction: It Should've Been Me..., a story about a teen boy dealing with grief after his sister died in a springlock failure-- and now he possibly has to deal with her spirit. Don't worry, I'm still working on the Corn Kidz 64 crossover with Fazbear Frights of In Your Dreams! That's just one thing, actually, with a whole bunch of other written projects coming together easily, if not already done.

Also, instead of just digital work on workdays, I figured I'd make it whenever I can't go outside (or really, REALLY want to draw). Limiting social media posts (and especially browsing) will help with further productivity: I'm thinking, only posting something on a day off work (and only posting on days off– one piece a day at that!). Same goes for message-checking, to avoid that dopamine addiction and demotivation (and provide more personal creative time). Of course, the general idea is COMPLETED content, but I can throw in emergency WIPs. Hopefully, I finally have a plan I actually stick to... Oh well, you live and ya learn, ja? Not to imply anything negative, but I also think people will be more appreciative of more sparing posts-- especially when I've basically turned the CK64 tag into the "Claire Vlcek" tag... Sorry.

Guys, gals, and non-binary pals, my guardian angel was truly looking out for me and my cat. When I tell you, we checked EVERYWHERE; my house, our neighbors, the neighborhood. I could not find my cat. My dad opened my mom’s garage door to warm up her car in the morning and my little baby came running inside, which is a miracle in itself considering I checked the garage 6 times and called him, but he didn’t come. He is overall well and healthy, but he did hurt his ear. Luckily is is not too bad. 

Thank you for all your support and kind messages, you guys really make writing and being a human in general worth it, especially when the bad times hit. 

Unfortunately my classes have resumed and have already begun loading work onto me that I haven’t had much time to update the blog much.

Personal update?

So I took the level one comprehension exam at TTMIK aaaaaand I did better than I thought I would! Reading the script (without translation) I got about 95% right, and listening without the script I understood about 50 to 60% of what was being said...they just talk so freaking fast 😩😩 I would have gotten at least 80 had they slowed down lmao. When I listened again while reading along with the script I’d say I got about 70, again, because they were speaking so quickly and my brain froze up a few times trying to keep up and I ended up losing my place 😂😅 but I think for learning all on my own, that’s really good! I’m very happy and proud!! 👏🏻✨🥳