I just came back from Asifa Drawing class, had some good discussions about being an Artist and animation. The word complacent was thrown around and it is a great word word to describe what it is like to work for one place for a very long time.
I worked at Little Airplane for almost 2 years and I don't even know where those 2 years went i learned a lot working there but I didn't grow as much as an artist as I should have. Most of my advance in skill come when I was unemployed and I have that pressure that I need to find work. When I am unemployed I feel guilty when I have fun, I'm very hard on myself.
With the new job at Bunko, it's only a 20 min commute to work and they start the day at 10am. So i'm getting plenty of sleep. But what is going to be different this time around is I won't fade out, I will keep my progression up from my unemployment and improve my skills.