Greetings everyone. I’d like to take a moment to address a rather large elephant in my living room.

As some of you may know (hell, most of you probably know), things have gotten pretty crazy for me lately. I recently got a promotion at my job to Art Director which has shifted how much time I have available to do other things. I’ve found that with the stress of this new position and the rocky patch I’m going through with training, hiring new people, and my own personal workload, I’m really having some trouble with my stress levels.

Put it this way; my job was great and I knew pretty much where my lulls were and when I would be busy, so that gave me some extra time here and there to think about teams and write articles. Now, I no longer have that time, at least while I’m transitioning into this new management position, so I really don’t have the time to write when I used to.

Okay, but I’m not at work ALL the time, so why can’t I write when I’m off? Frankly, there’s so much stress that’s being generated at work right now and details that I really can’t share, and it’s causing me to be completely exhausted by the time I get home. While I LOVE Heroclix, having to write two weekly articles is feeling more like a homework assignment rather than something I want to do.

On top of all this, there are financial issues, I have to take my dog in to have a small surgical procedure, and the holidays are once again rearing all kinds of negative energy, hence why I don’t really care for them. So as you can imagine, things are pretty tough for me right now. I want nothing more than to shut the door on the world for a little while, but we all know that’s not going to happen.

This leads me to the point of this little update. I’ll be going on a brief hiatus from both Clix Fix and Two Clicks From KO. I hate to do this, I really do, but I feel it’s necessary for my own sanity and mental well-being. My fear is that I work for an industry of repeat marketing, so I know how people process information on something like a regularly scheduled newsletter or article. That makes my gut continually tell me that many of my readers will lose interest with the lack of content and I’ll basically kill everything I’ve worked for over the last 15 months.

And I have to be okay with that.

Heroclix is a game. It isn’t life. Sometimes life gets in the way of the things you love, and you have to be responsible enough to accept that and put things aside for a little while.

So when will I return, or when can you expect to see new content from me?

I’m not sure. I’m aiming for the new year to be back on track, but I don’t want to make any promises. December is the most stressful month for us at my job, so I feel like giving you all a definitive answer that I’ll be back on January 1st is an empty promise. Tell you what; come the new year, on Tuesday, January 2nd, I will at the very least update you all as to where I’m at.

Oh yeah, and you’re getting one last team build next Tuesday before I go because damn do I love King Shark.

So, I wish all of you a very Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year. If you are still looking forward to content and like what I put out, I guarantee you I’m not going away for good. Things will return to a somewhat normal frequency (albeit possibly a little different than the way it is now but I haven’t decided yet). I appreciate you as a reader and I’ll miss interacting with everyone over the next month.

But I have to get things in order. If I don’t, I fear that stress, depression, and rage will build and take over, and my love for this game will die as I struggle to keep up with everything.

I hope you understand. Thanks for everything.

Cheers!

-AJ