First I want to give a shout out to @Diamondmanpixel76. This person needs more than just fans and followers, he needs all the love and support you can give him. I won't go into detail about it, as that's his business, but trust me, help the kid if you can. And to those even among my fans, that have spread hate this person's way, I suggest you block and unfollow me right now. YOU THINK I'M JOKING!!? In the words of Emma Watson.
Anywho. I wish I could say my months were sunshine's and rainbows, but they weren't. Got beat up, robbed and just recently lost not one but 3 relatives in my life in this past month alone. 2 dead and 1 who may as well be after what they did to the two. However the days weren't all that bad. Was able to in the last months of 2024, forge new friendships with old ones and help as many people in my personal life as I can even if it costs me greatly. As a result as messed up as it sounds. Even with all the shit that has happened to me recently, I never felt more alive than ever. I can't tell if maybe I have finally gone 100% insane in denial or if the experiences awakened something in me. Either way, somehow I've ended up smiling more, laughing more and having way more fun than I ever had in years. It's almost like life both it's merits and hardships brought out a side of me I never thought still existed. Whatever the case may be, it compels me to do two things:
- Get things off my chest and not let them hinder me any more.
- Give the best advice I could ever give.
Let's start with the first. Forgive if it sounds oversharing:
- I was an accident on conception. Although my parents loved me, I felt that their love was more out of obligation than actual love. As a result I couldn't tell the difference between the two until recently. Not only that, but it often always seemed like the universe hated me for existing when by all intents and purposes I shouldn't and has been trying to "correct" that mistake either. Yet all it can do is just hurt me and kill my loved ones when it should have been aiming for me. Anyone who's ever been accidents, I was wondering if you could relate.
- I was always on the divide on whether or not I should care what others think. There are times when I shouldn't but at the same time I felt bad that certain people thought, or at least I assumed they thought of me in certain ways in the negative and rather than convince them otherwise, I doubled down on being an asshole, just to give them the satisfaction of being right. However part of what made me not care, was that the people saying this shit to me were assholes and the only people who's opinions should matter to me are the people I love rather than the people I hate. However what always hurt or hindered me was when some people I loved started saying similar if not the same things that the people I hate say and it hurt me more that the people I loved were in my mind "Agreeing with the enemy." even if that wasn't the case.
- One of the reasons why I never stop helping people, even though I have my limits, is because it was one of the few things in my adult life that made me happy. The satisfaction that I was able to, even in small doses, either make someone's day or support them in what they needed. So when certain people in my life took advantage of that kindness and either tried to take more from me or hurt me one way or another, it made me both depressed and enraged because they wasted my help on not a way to move forward, but to stay where they were in life and take many people with them down. Yet despite that, when all others could have called it quits, I still continue to help people. Even something as small as hanging out with lonely souls when no one else would, letting them know that they were not alone.
- My main struggle in life was where I fit in with the changing world. Even as a kid growing up in the 90s, I never felt like I fit in with anyone. And I sure as hell don't fit in with this modern world, because according to it, everything I known and liked is offensive. However, as a result of some therapy and a much needed break from the digital world, I was able to little by little see where I fit. But it's a long way to go.
That's just 4 of many things, I had problems in my life. However despite that I am gonna offer you advice based on my experiences the past 2 years. I'll sum them up as simple as possible.
- Making friends and gaining loved ones is easier than you think. It's literally down to a simple formula of mutual understanding and being in a position to use your talents and skills to help them out and they in turn, use their own talents and skills to help you out. For example even in the most practical sense. Let's just say hypothetically for any reason whatsoever you wanted to borrow money from said friends and loved ones. First, you gotta be honest about how much you need and what it's for, as well as when and how you can pay them back. Worst you get is "No." Second, actually do the thing you asked the money for and don't fuck said friend or loved one over or ask for more, unless it really wasn't enough and even then do not borrow what you can't afford to pay back. Keep that going for a while and in the most practical sense you got a friend and loved one for life. Do more for each other than just the practical things and you have best friends. Keep being there for each other in general and either you, they or both, would go so far as die or kill for each other. It's extreme, but if you gotten a friend like that, you do not want to lose that. Just ask Billy The Kid. Every friend he's made especially the one's that saved his life, became his friend for life. And that guy was a badass outlaw. That being said, despite what you can do for them, that's not the lesson. The best people in your life appreciate you for who you are, rather than merely what you can give them.
- Life will only get harder for you, if you keep forgetting what happened the year before. For context, I was able to help a relative of mine, stay on the path of sobriety and improving his life, by at the very least being there for him for his first year into it. This gave me time to note all the struggles this person goes through in said year, both in the practical sense, the emotional sense, the physical sense and even the spiritual sense. Because so many things happened in that year that became predictable for him, this year became almost a piece of cake for him, because he was at the very least one or two steps ahead of it, learning from last year. Focus on everything that went right in that last year and everything that went wrong. Correct what you can and just wait for the rest either way because the solution may not come right away and may take time depending on what it is and how dire it is. In my case, because I kept trying to bury the worst of my years in the past, I forgot a lot of life lessons I learned from them, until now.
- Sometimes if it's someone you know, love and trust, it's often the exception to the rule of not caring what others think. In my case I have relatives and friends who are way older and have had more experience in life than I could ever hope to achieve even in my 30s. So odds are what they say even if it's just words of warning, 50/50 that they could be onto something and that I'm just too stubborn or prideful to listen sometimes. Something I've been trying to curb ever since.
And that's just three. I could go on, but there's more to this article.
In terms of my status here, I am still around. Just not doing as much content as I used to.
In terms of my life, it's still a roller coaster, but I'm starting to take over the amusement park it's on.
In terms of the world's woes. Just to name a few. Fuck Trump, Fuck Trudeau, Fuck Ford and Fuck Putin. That's all I can say about that, because others have already said it one way or another.
In terms of any enemies I made here or anywhere for that, they no longer exist to me.
In terms of many friends and fans, I still love you all very much and I sure as hell don't want anything bad happening to you. So fucking talk about it if you can to me on the DMs.
And in terms of life in general, it sucks, but it could be worse.
In conclusion. Like a Phoenix, I got burned, but I risen from the ashes. And will continue to do so until someone or something decides to end me for good.
But until that day happens, take care, stay safe and stay tuned for more.