I Need A Break

Hi, this is Fosbat, I've been a freelance artist for a few years now, and in those three years, I never take days off, and I don't have weekends.

I generally hate asking for help, ask anyone that knows me, but things have been getting quite bad over here. I have a lot of bills to pay at all times, including insurance for both my house and my car, my mortgage, my internet, and all my cats vet bills.

For those that don't know, I have to take my cat to the vet twice a week, and it's been that way for years now. She was very sick a couple years back, and I wiped out my savings to help save her.

At the point I'm at, I'm constantly short on money, and constantly working. The only days off I have are when I go to conventions, and Christmas day. So far this year I've had 7 days off total. I don't take weekends, and I don't take sick days. I had to be away for my Grandpa's funeral a few weeks ago, and I brought my iPad and worked through that as well.

This has been causing my health to deteriorate rapidly, both mental and physical. I'm at a point where I'm constantly sick, and constantly breaking down. Most days I go between working, sleeping, eating, and doing nothing else. I've been dealing with burnout for close to a year now, but I have been unable to do anything about it other than force myself through because I just can't afford to stop, I can never afford to stop working. I can't play games, I can't hang out with friends, I can't do anything without feeling immense crushing pressure and guilt that I'm doing something for myself, instead of trying to make money. It's literally so exhausting all the time, and I'm at the point where I just need help.

The point of this GoFundMe would be to give me enough money to take September off to do things for myself, as a break. I want to teach myself some things, and I want to just take time to relax and not have to worry about working constantly, every hour of the day.

I don't really expect to reach the full goal, but basically for every $800 CAD I make, I can take a week off. Any extra money that I make will go towards paying off my debt, and potentially towards buying myself some supplies so I can teach myself a new medium, if we get there.

This isn't something that's urgent, and I want to clarify that I'm not in any danger or anything, this is just something to help my mental well being, and hopefully get myself back to a state where I'm not stressed and sick constantly. Only donate if you have the means, and are able to! Thank you so much for reading this, and for any support, I appreciate it so much <3