putting this here to be a bit transparent
i ask for characters on the 1st of the month and it lasts for a couple of days.
poll stars around the 5th give or take and lasts a couple of days (it's never past the 10th though).
from the 1st till the 19th, i work on commissions. sometimes a separate drawing that isn't related to comms nor patreon.
from the 20th till the end of the month, i work on the patreon poll winner.
of course, it's usually off by a day or two depending on factors such as: what type of comm an i working on (shaded lineart? a sketch? etc etc), i have a pretty vivid idea of what i want to draw for patreon so i sketch it before the 20th to not forget, i finish comm work early but don't have enough time to work on another one, etc etc.
just throwing some info out there.