With this, at the end of the day, I hope that people at least learn to understand that staff doesn't make an RP because they want to be roleplay vending machines-- they want to share a world and write with others too. If it does not spark joy, it makes no sense to continue when you're doing so much work. It's good to learn to set boundaries! Everyone wants to be nice and wants to be helpful, but at the end of the day, if you fall into a pit of people pleasing, it's like becoming the Giving Tree, giving until there's nothing left at all.

I really hope that everyone who's a staff member remembers to take a step back and make sure that they themselves are writing things that they enjoy. If you're not, you're not doing what you've set out to do by staffing on the site. I also hope that anyone who's a normal citizen on a site remembers to take a step back and thank their admins for the work that they do and for letting them play in their space. If the local admins aren't writing, ask yourself if you've checked in on them as they've taken care of you. 

Does the rl rp community have another resource site? cttw was goated :<

tealwelve

These lore drops are very exciting, and I'm loving how well they're setting the scene. If anything, one of the things that I had always been intrigued about in Disco Elysium were the other countries that kept on being mentioned-- I'm excited to see how this pans out! Great job with the lore drops!

I'm a terrible offender of simply having a pile of threads that build up like a mountain-- I do believe that I need to learn how to cut back and actually finish threads. I'll write as many threads as people want to give me, though. It feels like it would be smarter to have a thread limit, but yes I fall victim to I'd like to make it a goal to have a thread with every person on a site if I could help it.

...so the goal is more completed threads, but in practice, I'll thread with anyone who wants to thread with me and will never say no. Just please excuse that I'm not the fastest RPer out there, and it's getting worse with being a working professional.

26 is a weird age to be at

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be kind to those around you, you never know what they may be going through

take the time to get to know people-- everyone's a potential friend in the long run and it's lonely out there

don't forget to express your gratitude and appreciation; it'll take you far and it will come back to you

many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness; beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself

401 posts on one character!

I'm hoping to make it to 500 this time, we shall see. I'm honestly impressed that I hit that many posts on one character in six months. I must've been possessed or something because I'm not quite close to that right now after six months, but it's foreseeable if I keep writing. No hard deadlines for myself, I'm just glad to be back in the swing of writing and am surprised I'd broken 100 at all when I had thought I wasn't going to be writing.

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these niji graduation announcements got hands :<

A lot of getting ballsy enough to jump into people's DMs and messaging them if I think a wanted ad of mine matches something that they were interested in doing. Even if it's not a perfect match, my wanted ads tend to have a lot of room for people to take the wanted ad in any direction that they want, with suggestions for possibilities to at least help give a platform to start building on. I think to be successful at getting wanted ads filled, you need a combination of make it easy enough for anyone new to jump right in (especially if this is the first time someone's joining a site, which is probably the easiest opportunity to get someone to pick up a wanted because they'll want to start RPing with people when they first hop on) without needing to know very much, and a sprinkle of friendliness to help welcome someone onboard and to get them excited to start on a site. I know when I'm first on a site, I try to pick up a wanted ad and see if it helps me stick— also, it helps when someone says they're really excited that I'm picking up their wanted ad. Make me want to write and I'll write!