A prior journal had me talk a bit about leaving behind this account in search for a new place to kind of broaden my horizons and move away from things I'd been doing for years after feeling a sense of boredom and anger with my work beginning at some point last year. At risk of sounding melodramatic, I really haven't been the same since January. Nothing's felt the same. I'm kind of tired of perpetuating the identity of my adolescence on the internet when that person is rapidly fading out of existence, I just feel ridiculous acting out a persona that is no longer accurate to how I am now. I'm not sad or anything- like I said in the prior journal, I'm definitely happier. More confident, more secure, just healthier overall. There's a better future and a new life out there, and instead of yearning for it endlessly, I'm gonna get up and leave everything unnecessary behind so I can chase after it. I think January (and some of the proceeding events) was just a heavy-handed encouragement for