So big news from my workplace. They're finally matching our pay with other Honda plants, dropping time to top pay from 6 years to 3, and on top of all that, increasing our pay by 11%. No doubt they saw what the UAW accomplished and collectively, and in unison, shat their pants. Whatever motivated them, this is amazing news for me! Since I'm already 4.5 years in as full-time, I'll be going straight to top pay in January. I'm looking at going from $26/hr to ~$35/hr. That's a gigantic jump in pay and opens up so many possibilities for me!

My plan now is to get all my financial ducks in a row and, with that done, see if I can drop my schedule by one or two days a week, and dedicate that extra time to animation. Prolly won't get to that point til the summertime, so until then, it'll be a slow trickle in progress for my animation.

I can't tell you how relieving it is knowing I'll actually have the money to not only catch up and keep up on my finances, but also get shit done around the house and dedicate more time to my hobbies! My future just got a whole lot brighter! Unions are an amazing thing, and they even help push jobs that aren't unionized to be better.