Ok so the title is mild clickbait it isn’t really a total hiatus but I’ll get to that This has been something I’ve been mulling over for the past few weeks now. At first I was planning on doing the hiatus in late October, then I decided I’d do it come new years, and now we’re here, with the hiatus actually and officially starting. I didn’t mean for my break to become a hiatus, and in all honesty, this decision is *very* far-removed from why I took the break in the first place. Over the course of my most recent break though, I’ve had time to reflect on things when it comes to my time here on scratch, which has ended in the decision this project centers around. Within the past month and a half or so, I've been gradually trying to focus on myself and my own mental health. I feel like I say this so much, but I'm not going to get into what I've been going through. I’m also not going to discuss full and exact reasons behind the hiatus, as it tends to be very long, complicated, and frankly just not stuff I'm comfortable sharing publicly, both offsite and on. But with that said, I believe that if I'm going to focus on myself, I need to take a hiatus from here on my main. Just to be clear, I am not going off of Scratch /completely/, nor am I leaving. I'm going to remain on here, as I still enjoy creating and putting my work on here. Another reason for my hiatus though is for that exact reason: I want to be able to create on here, and in a more casual manner that is. For years now, I've been attempting to break away from this sort of 'professionalism' mindset I've been stuck in when it comes to this account, and have been more actively trying to work away from it ever since the end of soas in fact. Even still, I often feel unable to simply post casually because of that mindset- well, on my main at least. This is where the part about this being a ‘hiatus but not really a hiatus’ comes in. For the next month at minimum, I’ll be on a new and different alt. Alongside the entire decision of doing a semi-hiatus, I’ve also been debating on if I should even share the new account’s name or not. In the end though, I’ve decided I will. If you're interested in continuing to follow me throughout this extended break, then my new alt will be at the end of this project. I'll likely be checking in on here from time to time, just to make sure nothing's burning down or anything lol. I'm gonna try to limit those check-ins though, maybe once every other week, although I'd prefer every 2 weeks. If I'm on here replying to something and then dipping again, then that's why. If you want a faster reply from me though, then I’d highly recommend just contacting me on my ‘hiatus’ alt / the new alt. Like I said, at the minimum, this will be lasting a month. Past that though, I honestly don’t really know when I’ll be back. It may be a little longer than a month, it may be far lengthier. Again, I just have no idea. I mean, if I like it enough on the alt then I might just make that my new ‘main’ in a way, but I won’t jump the gun on that statement haha. Also, for clarification’s sake, I won’t be immediately going to the alt once this project is posted. For the rest of my wake cycle I’ll be remaining on this account, but once I wake up / start my next wake cycle, I’ll be closing comments on this project and officially moving to the alt for the hiatus. (Also for anyone unfamiliar with what I mean by ‘wake cycle’ and just my sleep in general, uuuhh don’t worry about it!!! Basically I’d estimate that I’ll be moving to the alt between 12 and 16 hours from posting this project) I know I'll miss it on this account for the time being, but I have to be real here when I say that this'll be the best move in the long run. Not only for my mental health, but also for my time and ‘content’ here on scratch. I’m tempted to say that this has been something long overdue honestly, but I won’t blame my past self too much for something I didn’t even think of doing. Well then, I guess that’s it. Sorry my tone in this project has been a little flat, I just wanted to be able to get this out sooner than later seeing that I’ve been procrastinating on it a bit. See everybody when I’m back, and if you want to keep up with my art + ocs, then you can find me on :]
