Well, another year draws to a close. I just went back and re-read all my December year end posts on this blog for the last seven years (Yes, you've been reading my shit that long. Thank you!). I gotta say that there is a similar theme. I think everyone feels it around this time. Its a new year. A clean slate. A new chance for change. No doubt you have all set goals, just as I have. You're making promises that deep down you know you cannot probably keep. I've done it time and time again. Its embarrassing to show so publicly my failures to you fine folks. But hey, you can't say I was never open and honest in this life, am I right?
I'm already thinking ahead deep into 2013. What I gotta plan, what I gotta get done, etc etc. Trust me, I'll be busy. There's finally (FINALLY) gonna be the long promised new comic book content from me. Anna Pocalypse 2, the new adult webcomic site, Expendables #4 plus tradebook, and more. So plenty to stay working on.
2012 was all about side gigs for me. Doing tons of commission work, sketch card work, freelance for hire work and all that cal. I wanted to see if I had any legs to stand on if I wanted to pay my bills with my work alone. I can to an extent. But I've observed that the mountain of debt that my family still struggles with deem it necessary to not go "all in" just quite yet. But I am confident when the time comes, I can indeed take the leap. The main thing for 2013 beyond the above mentioned work is to finally conquer my two main demons: Debt and health. I've said things about both time and time again. I've made promises and broke them. I've failed and failed. I've struggled and improved, only to go back to square one.
I know, I sound so depressed and prone to early defeat already don't I? Well, I don't think so. I've always known that if I wanted something bad enough, I can make it happen. Its how I live my life. I am always provided with the things I NEED, WHEN I need them. I just learn the lesson from what I did or did not do. But now I feel strongly that health and the debt is something I need to defeat. TODAY. But not for me. Not for vanity. Its for my kids. The older I get, the more I realize that my lack of action in these two key areas might possibly effect them in the worst possible ways. What if I die in my sleep from a heart attack and never get my health in order, and they grow up without a dad? What if I am still in debt and I cannot provide for them? No way. I'm not doing that. I'm turning 35 next month. Time to grow up a bit. Personally and a bit more professionally. And the rewards will be vast. I'd list em all for ya, but maybe I'll detail it on a podcast. Seems the Idiothead.com Morning Show podcast is really getting some nice attention. Thanks! Easier to say than to type it, sometimes anyway!
To everyone who kept up with me in 2012, to those who bought commissions or AP cards or pulled one of my sketch cards, thank you. To anyone who continues to download or come here and read/listen to my blather, thank you. To those who supported the Kickstarter, thank you. To those who message me about their excitement about projects to come, thank you. To my friends who send me advice and their personal thoughts to inspire me, thank you. Thank you to damn near everyone. (Except that one guy. You're a jerk and you will get yours one day if you continue to be an arsehole. Nuff said)
2012 was overall, great. New child born. Great experiences. Production heavy for 2013 launches. I'm excited folks. Real excited. Now its time to deliver.
Be safe, get strong and go kick ass my fellow droogies. Onward and upward. Stay hungry and foolish. Rock on.
--T
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