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I'll preface this by saying that this is something I've been meaning to speak up about for a while now, but I've always either lacked the time or simply felt like it wasn't the right moment. As of this writing, I have more than enough time on my hands, and I've got a feeling that this is exactly the right time and place to say what I want and need to.
Pull up a chair and have a seat. Uncle King's got a story to tell.
All of you who paid attention to me some months ago know the beginning. In the middle of the most******* annoying extensive revision I've ever been involved in, I left, citing vague real-life "getting my shit together" reasons for why I was headed out the door. Some of you might've been wondering why I wouldn't talk about what those real-life issues were and why it was so important for me to drop everything I was doing on this site and have myself banned for a month in order to deal with them. I'm sure there was at least someone who had that on their minds, but I'm glad all the people on my hiatus thread didn't try to ask about it.
I had to leave the apartment complex that me and my family members were living in on June 20th of this year. Between overexpensive rent and unbearable amounts of family drama, things simply fell apart in a spectacular fashion. I made myself say a public goodbye because I knew what was coming several weeks in advance. I could see it unfolding. I wanted to devote my time towards preparing for what was headed my way.
The computer I was using was pawned roughly a month after my hiatus began. Not too long after, everyone took their leave. I went with my Grandmother, since we both wanted to stay here in the city I was/am living in. My mother and sister went together and moved to California.
Three weeks later, me and my Gran moved into a homeless shelter just barely west of the central district of our city. We're still living there.
"Why are you telling us this now?"
Because I wasn't bullshitting when I said I'd be back once I got my life together.
Since I left the site, I've managed to find a job, get myself a(n admittedly shitty) support network rolling, and set myself back on the path towards living a normal life again. I won't go into details about what I've had to go through in my absence, but I will say that I reckon me and my Gran will be in an apartment within the next month or two at most.
And when it's all said and done, I'll be back on this site. That's a promise I made to myself and to numerous others around here, and I plan on keeping it.
If you've made the decision to leave, then I won't stop you, because I don't tell people off for doing what they think is best. But for the people who're staying, I want this to serve as an example. This place might look like it's about to fall off its last legs, but that isn't a reason to give up, not on it's own. I can't tell you how many times I could've looked around at my situation and said "**** this. I quit.", but I'm still here and kicking, yeah?
When I get back on here for good, I'm going to personally congratulate everyone I know and care about who's managed to stick around. You'll have earned it.
Until then, hang in there, because this isn't the end. Not by a long shot.
Pull up a chair and have a seat. Uncle King's got a story to tell.
All of you who paid attention to me some months ago know the beginning. In the middle of the most
I had to leave the apartment complex that me and my family members were living in on June 20th of this year. Between overexpensive rent and unbearable amounts of family drama, things simply fell apart in a spectacular fashion. I made myself say a public goodbye because I knew what was coming several weeks in advance. I could see it unfolding. I wanted to devote my time towards preparing for what was headed my way.
The computer I was using was pawned roughly a month after my hiatus began. Not too long after, everyone took their leave. I went with my Grandmother, since we both wanted to stay here in the city I was/am living in. My mother and sister went together and moved to California.
Three weeks later, me and my Gran moved into a homeless shelter just barely west of the central district of our city. We're still living there.
"Why are you telling us this now?"
Because I wasn't bullshitting when I said I'd be back once I got my life together.
Since I left the site, I've managed to find a job, get myself a(n admittedly shitty) support network rolling, and set myself back on the path towards living a normal life again. I won't go into details about what I've had to go through in my absence, but I will say that I reckon me and my Gran will be in an apartment within the next month or two at most.
And when it's all said and done, I'll be back on this site. That's a promise I made to myself and to numerous others around here, and I plan on keeping it.
If you've made the decision to leave, then I won't stop you, because I don't tell people off for doing what they think is best. But for the people who're staying, I want this to serve as an example. This place might look like it's about to fall off its last legs, but that isn't a reason to give up, not on it's own. I can't tell you how many times I could've looked around at my situation and said "**** this. I quit.", but I'm still here and kicking, yeah?
When I get back on here for good, I'm going to personally congratulate everyone I know and care about who's managed to stick around. You'll have earned it.
Until then, hang in there, because this isn't the end. Not by a long shot.
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