Diary Comics: Week 14

Instagram caption: This isn't something new that's cropped up because my mood is low. It's something I've been struggling with for a few years now. All I've ever wanted to be was a writer, but it's not the career I envisioned. It sucks the life out of my soul, and I think this affects my mental health in a really bad way. Knowing all of this, clearly makes job-hunting really, really difficult. I think I'm going to explore this more in my diary comics, because it's a pretty big problem I need to solve.

Instagram caption: To the trained eye, this update will clearly reflect that I am in an avoid-and-procrastinate mode. But hey, at least I spent my Monday productively, instead of catastrophising about my mid-life career crisis. And more impawtantly (geddit?) My dog's paws are now safe. I couldn't see a thorn in her paw, so I'm hoping it was just a surface wound. It seems to be improving - she's forgetting to limp now, but still does occasionally for a dose of love and the coconut oil home-salve that promptly gets licked off!

Instagram caption: I've been thinking a lot about what I said about not wanting to be a writer anymore. The truth is, I do love writing, and I'm good at it, but I'm a creative writer, and I need to be writing in my own voice. Being a digital writer employed to spend hours updating unoriginal content for algorithms, so that websites can rank and make money through affiliate marketing, is what has deadened my creativity and passion for the craft. I want to write to share ideas, inform and inspire people. I want to write about topics I care about. And I want to draw. I really want to draw!

Instagram caption: Poor sausage ❤️

Instagram caption: Turns out, it was too late... groan... Going to bed on a full belly of pasta and sleeping next to a restless dog who thinks she's due to give birth to a dozen puppies... let's just say I'm in for another very restless and uncomfortable night.

Instagram caption: Even though it was gross, I am grateful to the slugs who gave me something extra to add to today's diary comic... because I literally did nothing else all day.

Instagram caption: Typical cat!

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