HEY ADAm, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

hey friends— i never gave you an update after inktober, i just abruptly stopped running the blog. a few of you reached out via email and i believe i responded to you all individually. a couple months ago, i toyed with the idea of dropping the blog to either two or three days a week— but i stuck with it, and continued daily posts on weekdays. it finally caught up to me & i was feeling mega burn-out. i felt like getting a post up (which is significantly more work than it seems) was taking away from creative endeavors— playing music has become an outlet for daily stress, and ever since i began writing music, it’s felt like a journal for me— i try to pick up my guitar for at least 30 minutes a day, and i’ve been successful achieving that small goal. in addition to that, i thought the burnout was leading to a loss of quality in the blog posts i was getting up. the 9-5 has really begun to take over my life & I need to focus my attention on the things that keep me sane— at the current moment, it’s art & music.

i can’t ever foresee a day where i become an artist full-time, and to be totally honest, i’m not sure i’d ever want to, even if i could— i keep this website running to archive my portfolio, resources, and eventually, a print store. i’m not making content for the world, so much as i’m creating content for myself— and i’m not driven by money so much as i’m driven by fulfillment— i’d rather measure my success in happiness rather than dollar signs.

the blog felt like it was becoming a chore rather than something i enjoyed doing— not to say it’s dead for good, but i’ll be posting at my leisure for the foreseeable future, i know the search engine GOD'S will disavow me, but bookmark the website as it’s not going anywhere. check back every now and then— the adam fish hayride moves slow enough that you can hop on or off at any time.