Well, I have survived my first full year without my mother. This year wasn't exactly the best, but at least it was a little better than 2022. I've started seeing a therapist to help cope with my loss, and I think it will be beneficial for me.

This year had some good moments, like seeing Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Five Nights at Freddy's, and Godzilla: Minus One, as well as Prehistoric Planet 2 and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, as well as a cruise around Europe, which I won't forget. But there were downs as well as ups. I don't want to go into too much detail, but I faced a brief creative doubt which I overcame with a more solid plan, another friend did something questionable and I am taking a break from them for now, and the writer's strike furloughed me. Although the strike is over, I have yet to resume work for the studio, but I expect it will be soon. I am also facing an animation software crisis which prevents me from doing my work on YouTube, but I am looking for a new computer to solve this since the ones I use are old.

My primary resolution remains to get The Book of Daihnari on its feet. I have more solid plans for it now thanks to a special team I've put together. This coming year, I intend to get the final designs out. I will be showing my team privately for review, and once it's set, I will make them public as I intend for these to be the final designs. I am also going to look for a new computer to do my stuff on, try to get my driver's license, and as of this new year, I am no longer posting NSFW art on public sites.

And since people can't seem to read my rules, I'm going to say this again: I do NOT take requests anymore, and I will also not do roleplays or collaborations. I stopped because the incident affected my creative drive, I wanted to focus on my own content, and one person kept begging me to finish their request while I was grieving, and to add insult to injury, they added more characters to their request than initially agreed to. So now I only do gifts, and only for certain people. So stop nagging me to do a request because you won't get it.

I will be going into 2024 with low expectations, because every time I get my hopes high of the next year being an improvement, I get disappointed. We'll have to see what this year has in store, because I need a can of fresh air.