[9.07] List
As those of you who follow Ocean Skies have probably noticed there has been a very long delay in finishing the current chapter. I’m going to be honest and say I simply cannot, at this time, fit it into my schedule. The buffer ran out in July and I’d been struggling to finish each update before it was due. I am 100% going to finish the current chapter by the end of this year, but I can’t make any promises beyond that. Life is looking quite busy for the forseeable future.
Back in January I arrogantly thought it would be possible to do two comics at once, but the realities of working full time have not been kind to that aspiration.
(also: if the work week was even a day shorter, how much wasted creative potential could that bring out in all of us? Not saying I dislike my job- it can be quite enjoyable at times- but every job I’ve ever had is just a massive time suck that leaves no room for family/friends/sleep/chores/proper diet/entertainment/life. I’m only a year out of college and this is just how it’s gonna be from now on?)
***Detox Camp is fine, though. Buffer is still strong, and I’ve pretty much integrated drawing this comic into my daily life. Everything here will be OK.***
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9.07 Transcript
Reina/Shay: Whoa
Reina: Ahem… all hands, get ready to board?
[Kiro: How did I even get myself into this?]
Reina gets to see the shipwreck for the first time. It is probably dawning on her just how tough things will be for the future. Meanwhile, Shay has been caught in this as well. How far will her involvement in this go?
Is Kiro ready to take on the duty of keeping the campers alive through the winter? Or are her plans for survival sunk?
Those kids have guts! That ship looks like it could totally crash down onto them.
Don’t mind me… I’m just going to go pass out on the floor over here…
Please don’t wear yourself out. Doing two webcomics at the same time is a lot.
Let’s hope those bears they saw a while ago aren’t here.
I very much feel your pain as far as jobs go. I have two consistent days off, and one of them is spent almost strictly recovering from the rest of the week, whole the other day is filled with doing normal things like chores, laundry, shopping.
I get home from work and am too tired to do much more than shower, prepare a meal, write a paragraph in my journal, and that’s about it.
Good luck.
I would LOVE a four day work week. Work two days, one day off, work two days, two days off. It would balance things so much better. That “jobs” take 1/3 of our time is just a raw deal. We have to rest for 1/3 our time too, so that means work gets 50% of our time. Count travel to and from work and we get less time to ourselves than work does? How is that fair or just?
Totally agree with the recovery day. For the last 3 yrs I’ve been feeling more and more fatigued at the end of the work week, to the point many weekends I simply don’t want to do anything. I know I should be having a social life and exploring the world but I’m just so burnt out.
Of course spending 10-15 hrs on comics each week contributes to that fatigue. But at least it’s something to hold on to, like, “I still have enough control over my life that I can do at least one meaningful thing outside of work”.
If our work week was 25 hrs we’d be about equal to medieval peasants (on an annual basis). Considering that we seem to be returning to a feudal economic system, this might be an appropriate goal to strive for.