Last night I sent refunds out to everyone still waiting on a slot for my Iron Artist. Regretfully, it's just not working out. I had good intentions when I started, but the more and more I sat down to work on them, the more I was pulled away. I spread myself too thin, and I tried to take on too much at once. I couldn't focus on any one thing, and I fell behind. The more I fell behind the more guilt and more frustration I felt, and it only made things worse.It ended up with me depressed, frustrated and stressed. The site and the pressures that come with it didn't help. Add in a relationship that needs attention and love, a car accident and more, and it just ended up getting all wibbly wobbly.I'm not quitting drawing, but I will no longer take money for it. I'm not an artist who should be taking commissions. Ever. I'll be following up with people waiting on commissions from me next week (when I get my paycheck) to square things away with them.I sent refunds out to the original accounts who paid me. All of them went out last night. If your Paypal has changed since this started please note me, and I'll make sure you're squared away.It's not easy typing this, but I need to come to terms with the facts. I do too much, and the more I do, the less I can focus on any one thing. I'm sure more than a few people probably are due an "I told you so" and "I was right" and I'm going to concede that, yep, you were. But I'd rather refund everybody. It's the right thing to do.So, this weekend, I decided that I needed to focus on something. And I chose to make my only focus FA. I'll still draw, but I want the site to be my priority. We've got over 550,000 registered users, and we gain hundreds of users a day. The site needs a person willing to focus all their attention on it, and that person has not been me. That has to change.Some of you have noticed some changes on the site recently, all for the better. That's what I'm focusing on. I want the site to be better, work better. I can't do that if I'm not focused on the site.Again, my apologies to those who waited on me. I failed in that aspect. But I realize now, more than ever, I need to focus my attention on the site.
I want the site to be better, work better.
So, this weekend, I decided that I needed to focus on something. And I chose to make my only focus FA. I'll still draw, but I want the site to be my priority. We've got over 550,000 registered users, and we gain hundreds of users a day. The site needs a person willing to focus all their attention on it, and that person has not been me. That has to change.Some of you have noticed some changes on the site recently, all for the better. That's what I'm focusing on. I want the site to be better, work better. I can't do that if I'm not focused on the site.Again, my apologies to those who waited on me. I failed in that aspect. But I realize now, more than ever, I need to focus my attention on the site.
As much as I'd love to believe it, didn't he claim pretty much the same thing a year ago following the hacks and note leaks?
