For those of you who want to know where I've been...
The following events happened, in sequential order:
XKit became impossible to use on Chrome.
After a lot of fighting, I managed to get it working on Firefox.
I realized I hated using Firefox.
I realized that there were a couple of presets I could install on Firefox to make it easier to access Tumblr.
I refused to add those on general principle.
I got on TikTok to protest the ban. (I think it was the first one?)
I got hit with a wave of executive dysfunction like I've never felt before and could only do the bare minimum each day - for months at a time.
I started reeeeeeeeeeally getting into TikTok and using it to prop up my emotions and inspire me into something approaching executive function.
I tried to use calendar blocking to pull myself together.
I failed at using calendar blocking.
I pulled myself out of a financial tailspin.
I immediately put myself back into a financial tailspin.
I created a TikTok for our pets.
I realized that I wanted to switch careers from copy and content writing into IT and Video Editing.
I realized I couldn't afford the schooling I'd need to pull that off.
I went completely broke.
I realized that even if I was able to pull myself out of a financial tailspin this time, I would have to use up my very last resource to do so - and even then I would be dead broke and supporting a house I couldn't afford to fix and a credit card that would be beyond maxed out.
I immediately tried to distract myself with magical thinking and pretend I hadn't thought that for over a week.
I decided I would save myself.
For two months I did nothing but Doordash and looking for work in a last-ditch attempt not to sell the house.
I finally admitted that I had to sell my house, settle my debts, and destroy everything I have become and everything I have succeeded at by the end of the year in order to save my sanity and my soul.
I started cleaning out my office and realized I needed a distraction.
I realized that those Firefox presets would be easier than I realized to set up.
And that's how I came back.
After using Tumblr daily for 13 years straight, it was nice to get a break from a while and get obsessed with another form of social media for a bit.
I've been keeping up with the fan doings for WWDITS through Discord and the like, but nothing beats coming back.
So... what's happened since I've been gone?




















