New Life

Hello my friends
So,, it's been a while since i had any activities on dA (besides checking on notes every once in a while).
I lost lots of stuffs, as some of you might know.
Education, job, lover, health. But yeah, i still got family and friends, they kept me alive.
Thank you for everyone who has been there for me this whole time. Even if i might seem to not respond to you,
i read your messages and felt so blessed.

And you see,
Losing everything means i got the chance to start over, at everything! From zero    
Not everyone has the chance to do this right? So I can call myself lucky today. I'm so grateful with everything in my life.

And for a life update,

 I got back into college, I'm now a Pathologist Resident. I've been waiting for this moment since 4 years ago, always failed at the entrance test but now I'm in here!
School keeps me busy so I think I can't get a job anytime soon, but I still wna do commissions if I can find the time. Although I'm still adapting.
I started singing again.
I started crocheting again.
I started painting again. And now I'm trying out ink drawing once more, after more than 10 years of not doing it lol. Tbh, it feels like home.
I made more friends.
I found the courage to chase, once again, what's important in my life. I've been doing my best to settle and go with the flow all these years, I almost lost myself. It's just nice to find myself once again.
I'm trying to have routine exercise, something I would never done before!
I, for the first time, dared to close my eyes and ears to other people's expectations, and try to fight for my happiness. That means letting go of my pride and prestige, social status, and be totally free to be what I want. Wear what I want. Do what I need to do. And chase my dreams.

For the first time in forever, I feel so free.

How about art?
Oh, I'm still doing art, but I'm still adapting to find extra time while keeping up with college. Idk when I can be active again in dA, but I'm looking forward to that day.
For now I'm (trying to) regularly uploading my artworks on  Instagram (www.instagram.com/lydiakencana).
Why I chose instagram? Bc i hav the application on my phone (I'm not at home most of the days so I can only have my phone with me, I don't have as much time in front of my laptop again except for work)  
And, I honestly don't like dA application on the phone idk.

I might not do as much digital art bc I'm rarely home (one of the reasons I'm back to inkdrawing), but I alws carry my sketchbook with me so I can draw while waiting  

And I still remember the raffle prizes, I'll get to it soon!

Again, thank you everyone for all the love
I'm so lucky to be here and met you all.

(Nooooo this isn't goodbye, I wanna go back to being active again but Idk how to manage with college.. I just need to figure it out  )

And here's a cake for everyone