Oh hello sweet beans! I’m still here, doing hand exercises and trying hard to take it easy

Oh hello sweet beans! I’m still here, doing hand exercises and trying hard to take it easy. Which is really hard Maybe I’m approaching this wrong?
Also sketching witches and squeakers
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