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So, I drew some of the autumn things I wrote about yesterday.
I realised that I have essentially been doing Inktober all year. I don’t think I have ever used the actual Inktober prompts, usually either sticking to my own theme, or drawing whatever comes to mind on the day (like I do now with my Morning Ink page).
So I am wondering whether to do some other daily art of some kind this month. Or whether that would be too much.
I am going to do Sober October, though, and started yesterday, so that I can stop for my birthday (on 30 October). I like the reset that 30 days off gives. For a while I had been only having a drink at weekends, but being on holiday and the summer months had meant I slipped with that a fair bit.
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I'm perfectly happy with you Inktobering year-round. 😁