Life Update #I Forgot · 2:32am Jan 14th, 2022
Hey everyone,
I hope you all are safe and taking all the precautions you can in these crazy times. Life can slip away, and boy, howdy, it's been some time since I've actively interacted with this site. I often open it to see if I get any messages (sometimes email doesn't work).
Anyways, it's currently Thursday night as I write this, so you know that I didn't postpone or forget. I just wasn't exactly sure how to do this blog post, as I've done several like this throughout the almost ten years I've been on the site.
I still can't believe a third(ish) of my life I've been on FiMFiction. That's wild to me. I've made some fantastic friends through this site and have found a lot of peace writing my stories that I didn't think was possible. And to all the people that have messaged me and/or commented on my stuff, I can't honestly thank you enough for keeping me going with writing.
I'd like to say that I am a better writer than I started, but the jury is still out on that.
But I said this would be a life update blog post, and that's what I shall do. I'm honestly not sure where to begin, so I'll just give a summary of things in bullet points. I'm doing this mainly because I feel like you guys and gals deserve to know why I disappeared suddenly.
Work: I think I've sort of mentioned my gripes with my job, but I have goodish news? My old job closed on Dec 17th, 2021, and they moved plants to Tennessee. I did not join them and am honestly glad I didn't. My sister still works for them remotely, and it sounds like an honest shit show at best. But I will say that I officially quit last March as well. I couldn't handle the drama, and they wouldn't give me a promotion because I didn't have a degree. So, I left. Ironically, they kept calling me every day. Finally, a former co-worker took me out to lunch and convinced me to come back part-time to help prep them for an audit. I begrudgingly did, mainly because my funds were running dry. And I did, and it wasn't so bad, but then he quit. And we got a new manager (my previous one left in July 2020). I wished him the best of luck. I don't really want to go into too much detail, mostly because I think I've already done that previously. And yeah, I am currently jobless and looking for one, although it's going crappy.
Personal Life: My girlfriend and I are still going strong. We're going to be celebrating our fifth anniversary this March. It honestly blows my mind that it's been that long and short. And I'm still living with family, although I'm doing everything in my power to move out. I just… this house has become toxic and very limiting. I can't drive, so anything leaving has always been an issue. And am currently trying to figure out a way to escape the negativity.
Free Time: So, I wasn't sure if I should put this in my personal life or not, but I made a new paragraph. So usually, when I'd get home from work, I'd watch YouTube and talk to my girlfriend and friends and then on Thurs/Friday, I'd play some games with some friends. But since I lost my job, every day has been hanging out with my girlfriend day, which I want and need. And then I'd play games a lot of the time. I've gotten reinvested in Genshin Impact. But like I said earlier, I stream (am even Affiliate!) and record for YouTube. Which is both fun and fantastic when I do it. After reading some of my old stories and coming up with a My Hero Academia story, I've also gotten back into writing. I'm about 4 chapters deep into that, and that's been fun to do.
Mental Health: I've always strived to be honest and open about my own mental health, to try and limit the stigmatisation it carries. I did both group and one-on-one therapy, and they were both hit and miss. I enjoyed it more than I thought, and I know the coping and stuff I learned there has helped keep my focus. But it's also been challenging. I broke down and made a YouTube video, discussing how my urge to write and create content (whether through streaming or YouTubing) is dampened by just my own negativity.
Writing: So probably the one everyone is interested in. Writing and stories, and my plans. So am gonna be completely honest. I didn't pick up writing till relatively recently. And I've been enjoying and doing random idea posts. Although I've also come up with my original thing (which is currently on the backburner). And since I lost most of my editors (or get very vague advice (you know who you are), I've also signed up for Grammarly. It's been exciting reading the suggestions and updating them. I like it a lot. So, my writing plan is to finish the Star Wars idea I have (which I will do the first couple chapters and then stop). And then go back and re-read my open pony stories. I also made a list of all published stories, where I left off, and the last update. Which was an eye-opener.
Although I did have a question for you all. For Tears of Snow 2, what do you think of me deleting the story and just continuing the original one? Since technically, there's a time gap. Since Dragonball did that with DBZ and Naruto with Naruto Shippuden. I'm interested because I thought that'd be a fantastic idea. Am going to wait and see what you'll say, though.
But yeah, that's been my life for the last… say, six-seven years? Primarily working and feeling mentally poopy. But I hope you all had a great holiday, and the new year isn't dog water yet.
Stay safe and if you ever want to, message me; my inbox is always open. I'm just bad at starting conversations.
I completely forgot, I tended to end these with a pic huh. One second!
FlashKenshin77, signing off
It sounds like you’re still doing ok, so that’s good. As for tears of snow, I’m fine either way. Honestly it’s been so long that I’d need to start from scratch anyway.