From the end of March into April, I can honestly say it was probably the most chaotic stretch of my life—both professionally and personally—in the past few decades.
A massive round of personnel changes, system processing for departing employees, onboarding and training for new hires… and of course, perfectly timed visits from vendors (why is it always now?), plus a few clerical mistakes sprinkled in for extra flavor. In short, a ridiculous number of small but relentless issues all hit at once, and it turned into a pretty stressful situation for me.
And then my body decided it had had enough.
My shoulders and neck tightened up from work stress, to the point where I had to go back to the clinic for treatment. I’d already been dealing with cervical radiculopathy, which had been causing stiffness and significant pain in both arms, so I was already going regularly. But with the added stress and fatigue, everything got worse. Even the practitioner said, “This is pretty severe—you’ll need to come more often.”
So there I was, already exhausted from constant overtime, and now I had to increase my clinic visits too. Honestly, I started to feel like I was losing the will to deal with any of it.
And just when I thought that was enough…
The venue for my solo exhibition scheduled in October suddenly became unavailable.
That’s something I absolutely cannot allow—canceling the exhibition is not an option. So even if it means going with a smaller space, I have to find a new venue, quickly. All of this happened within the span of just two or three weeks. Normally, galleries are booked a year in advance, so ending up in this situation was… well, let’s just say I went into full panic mode.
Despite everything, I managed to dig around and find two possible galleries. I’ve contacted the owners, and somehow arranged my schedule so I can visit both places for a preview in two weeks. I’ll have to choose one of them.
And if neither works out?
Let’s… not think about that right now. lol
For now, things have calmed down a bit—I’ve made it past the worst of it. So I’m just going to keep going, and look forward to the holidays at the end of April.
Thank you!!
Have a nice weekend!!
❤️😘💕