I couldn't sleep at night. I was anxious and worried about my future, and I felt like a failure.
When I was 17, I was obsessed with comics. I read them, I collected them, I drew them. The world of sequential art was the only world I knew. I had anxiety and depression due to not fitting in at school, and feeling a lack of purpose going through the motions of studying for high school exams and doing homework.Drawing was so therapeutic and healing––hiding behind my characters' challenges distracted me from my own.
The passionate flame that had once fueled my creativity was completely extinguished by burnout, and I couldn't keep up with the late nights for a paycheck.I felt stuck on an endless hamster wheel, servicing clients who weren't aligned with my true vision. I was juggling 10-12 clients at a time monthly for eight years, and no matter how many times I raised my rates, I still wasn't earning enough.I reached a breaking point.
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