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I'm lucky enough to not live too far away from some beautiful beaches & yesterday we went for a much needed day out with my family. I've been working so much recently. Trying to juggle my retail job, my illustration business and blogging has been taking its toll in the last couple of months. I hardly have a day spare. My friends will text me to see when we can hang out and I find myself scrolling through pages and pages of my diary before I find one section of a day that I might be free. That is not how I want to live & it's also hard for them to understand. Sometimes I work in the shop 6 days a week then I have to fit in my commissions, maintaining my website, promoting myself and all the other things that come with being a one woman business. I have to do it & want to do it, because illustrating is what a I really want to do, but I've also got to pay the bills.
The last few weeks I have seriously considered packing the blog in and calling it a day. I feel like something has to give, and it cant be the other two things I am doing. Then again I think back to all the great things that blogging has brought me, the amazing brands I've worked with, the opportunities I've had and the community I'm part of. It makes giving it up seem impossible. I'm sure a lot of you will be able to sympathise with this.
So the next few months are going to be a bit of a test. A test to see whether I can keep juggling these three massive parts of my life, or whether I am going to have to lighten the load. Time will tell my pals! All I do know is yesterday was much needed and my batteries feel well and truly recharged (minus a really sunburnt back... that does not feel good).
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