I genuinely can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you, waking up every day with you genuinely is one of the best things in my entire life!

Exactly! Also, in 2025 there really shouldn't be so many shipping issues either especially with an abundance of shipping companies now.

That's honestly the best advice and the only one I've found that truly works!

I know the art experience/journey is not universal, but how do we expect artists to actually be successful or have a positive experience?

Especially when every time they turn around they're constantly told how what their doing is wrong in a way that's just basically pseudo-shaming without naming

I absolutely love getting photos of him, he's such a gorgeous cat that I truly can't get enough of him! ~ 💕

To top this off - I say all this & I'm *NOT* a successful artist, not even close to it. I won't lie & say I am either - yes, I can pursue my dream but the only reason I can is because of predominantly my partner & my safety nets.

Even then I haven't even begun to make ends meet by doing so.

Art is all I have, because it's the only thing that will give me the grace I need for my health - but I wouldn't have that if it weren't for my partner or other safety nets I have. These allow me the ability to create and it's only because of them that I can, if I didn't have them I couldn't.

I did qualify for minor assistance w/ EBT/SNAP; but I didn't qualify after we got married despite still having health issues.

Even then, I attempted to work to lighten the load - only to risk losing my job because my health immediately tanked & risk hospitalization w/ no insurance at the time.

Prior I worked both PT & predominately FT, well beyond my physical & mental health fully tanking. It was so bad, I not only risked losing employment, but I had dr orders that prevented me from working until we figured out what was wrong (we never did)

I have never qualified for disability.

The only reason I can even afford/attempt to be a full time creative, is because of my partner who works a full-time job which not only covers our bills and necessities, but also allows me to afford my materials, AND gives guaranteed healthcare for us both. If it weren't for them, I'd be fully SOL.

I feel really bad though because I had to toss his old bed despite initially planning to keep it since I was able to confirm he used it on occasion so I know he at least liked that one...

I just hope he will like this one the same if not more than his old one, but I really do feel incredibly guilty

Still working on replacing all my passwords, just said fuck it & I'm replacing *EVERYTHING* + adding 2fa where I can. Honestly though, I feel overwhelmed by it, it's quickly shaping up to be a multi-day fix.

This is fully a monster of my own creation though, I knew better & took the risk anyways.

^ sponsored by personal experience….

I almost just lost my personal private IG account because I didn’t change an old password that I didn’t know was leaked. Meta stopped it and sent me an email, if they hadn’t I would have lost everything.

Take your internet safety and personal info seriously.

Genuinely thank you so much! It was really rubbing me the wrong way just because there wasn't a definitive seeming answer. This was really a breath of relief! 💕

A couple more that can be found in the museum...

Some pictures in the museum are obviously hand-drawn but then there are others like the ones pictured in this post that just absolutely SCREAM ai....