983 day of war

Hello, friends!
This week, I spent a lot of time doing household chores and took a break from dyeing.
Over time, I realized that I don’t want to give up, and I need to learn more about how to sell T-shirts on Instagram; maybe it’ll help me. I watched a lot of videos on this topic and realized that I’ve been doing a lot of things wrong, which might be holding back the growth of this business. I held a small sale of older items in stock, created separate albums for shirts with special prices and sizes marked. And it worked—I sold one shirt! I'm quite happy with this, since ending the month without any T-shirt sales was pretty demoralizing. Although the sales are not many, it helped me to feel that I am doing good things and that people need them

One piece of advice I read was to communicate more with my audience, but that’s still quite challenging for me—I’m almost unskilled in keeping up dialogues. However, I’ll work on it. I’m still shy about selling my work, so my profile looks more like a gallery, and I get these small results.
In any case, I believe that everything happens for the better. I reached a certain crisis point, was able to see myself from a new perspective, and acknowledge the issues; now, I’ll work on them. Seeing how much Nastya is embroidering now, I understand that I can’t give up—I need to keep working and improving.

I’ve also realized that I can’t keep up with the news in the country anymore. The news feed is filled with destruction, deaths, explosions, and even if we can’t consciously react to it anymore, it feels like on a subconscious level it brings a certain anxiety into life. I try to stay aware of important events but am spending more time avoiding scrolling through news on my phone. Instead, I listen to audiobooks, especially enjoying philosophical ones that help me understand my feelings.
Right now, there’s no opportunity for communication or therapy sessions, so I guess we’re responsible for our own mental health. With all the problems and constant fears about not being able to pay rent and ending up on the street, I often feel some kind of tension in my chest and a depressed state. It doesn’t help with living, so I’m actively working on this and trying not to burden myself with unnecessary information.
Hard times come, good times come—but any time will pass. We need to accept both and remember the temporary nature of everything. These thoughts help me get through this time

The whole country and probably the world are now watching the U.S. elections. The entire course of the war depends on the support of the USA, and therefore it is also the main topic for us now.
I’ve thought about it a lot and honestly can’t see any optimistic scenario for us. Either Kamala Harris wins, and we continue with the endless war, or Donald Trump wins, and there’s an unfavorable, but end. And now, after nearly 1,000 days of war, I don’t know which scenario would be better. Nastya and I—we’ve lost everything. Only life remains. And I don't want to lose that.

I still hope that things won’t turn out as I imagine and that there are other possible outcomes I simply don’t see. So I hope that in any case, things work out well and this war ends.

Thank you all for your support!
I’m also really happy that you like the socks I made!
And a huge thanks to everyone who supports me on BuyMeaCoffee, it really helps us at this time. Thank you!