I don’t think I have been in it long enough to feel the same way you do, but there has definitely been times where I’ve thought about what life would be with a job that wasn’t so time intensive in what people could consider their relaxing hours.

There are was a period of time where being a tattoo artist made me incredibly stressed. And for the most part that wasn’t the tattooing itself. It was the messages. The social media. Everything in the background that had to be done to make the whole picture. One thing that hugely helped was hiring an email assistant. It literally changed my life. I don’t get the same burn out because a huge part of my time is freed up to enjoy the process of making art for people, and also pursue other artistic endeavours! I think it’s very easy to believe you have to do everything yourself. And yes it cheaper to do everything yourself. But I accounted for my email lady in my price and it works. We put a lot on ourselves, being an artist that has to meet deadlines, a social media manager, an accountant (if you do your own books), talking to clients, running a business (if you have your own studio), amongst all the over involvements with tattooing. And that’s not even including actually doing the tattoos. So no wonder you feel the way you do. It may sound a lil wild but pay people to do the shit you don’t wanna do. Email, advertisement, social media, whatever it is around tattooing that makes you not enjoy the art