Reflecting

It has been some time since I wrote a personal journal on here. To be fair, I haven't done much journaling in general these days. But tonight I ran into some of my old posts on here. On the loss of my dearest friends, amongst who are @lemgras330, @Endorell-Taelos and @LawrenceCornellPhoto. But they are not the only ones we've lost throughout the years, and it makes me sad that that list has grown this long. Thankfully, I am not writing you all today to let you know that list has grown, but it is bound to, at some point.

And looking back at my other posts, it made me realise that I used to spend a ridiculous amount of time on here, and lately, barely any at all. I pop by for the occasional photo to share, to reply to comments and private messages, but aside from that, I don't spend much time here anymore. I'm not sure why that is. Most likely because of change.

DA has changed. My life has changed. Many of my friends have left DA, or we have lost touch. It's hard to pinpoint the reason, but I think that, to some extent, they all added to me slowly disappearing into the background.

And maybe that is for the better. Disappearing here has allowed me to do other things in life. Back then, I was working towards my teaching degree, which I've had for a some years now, and I've been trying to change education at my school for the better. Teaching a language, in my case, English, isn't always without its hurdles. Especially not in vocational school, where languages are often deemed as the least important part of a student's training. But I'm making changes, and I am happy to have been able to make things better for my students.

But, yeah, I suppose it's safe to say I'm not here as much as I used to. But I'm still lurking, in some capacity. And it sucks we lost so many friends, and that I've lost touch with another group of friends. But I guess that's what life is. At some point, you let go, and reminisce about the times gone by.

I can only hope you are all doing well. I think I am.