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Season 10 is ending this month

And of course, that comes with a huge bag of mixed feelings.

I'm sad, almost frustrated even, because I don't consider it 'announced' until Xisuma makes a video about it, being server admin. Let me live in this state of ignorance till Shiswami tells me otherwise.

Magic Mountain! Whatever happened to the evil volcano lair ya'll were building!?!

Actually I should've expected as Mumbo is almost done with his immortal redstone brain.

The Pesky Bird that is Grian did... not.. build a megabase. Can't not finish the back IF THERE'S NO BACK OF THE BASE TO FINISH! Genius. Also, he's been VERY busy with a lot of things outside of Hermitcraft, eg Life Series, GIGGS, etc.

Will Joel be in the next season? Will Lizzy? They're new parents now and dear god do I know how exhausting that can be.

Gem is absolutely adorable I've been enjoying her stuff a lot.

When WILL the next season be? If 10 is ending at the end of September, and says there's a month off, that means October maybe, but then there's the December chaos, and then the enemy of all Youtubers out there, January, where NOTHING happens.

And these are just my personal favourites. What's the rest doing?

Side note, this season as well as the last couple of life series, I've been absolutely LOVING all of the fan art being created. Hell, I didn't even know there was such a thing as Watcher Lore till a few months ago and I binged Grian's Evo series.

Naturally, I cannot demand anything, as every hermit is a human being, doing this for their own fun, and allows them to earn a decent standard of living, and should any Hermit leave to chase other pursuits they love, then I look forward to whatever they share in the future.

[dutchbarracuda]

This is not The End

It is entirely overwhelming, the state of the world. Climate Change, political corruption, corporate dystopia, hate and violence. It takes me by surprise how even knowing about a refugee on the other side of the world being sent back can affect me.

It is not The End. Even in an utterly worst case scenario, like nuclear war, it's not The End. There would be survivors, and those survivors would do everything they can to survive. But that's worst case, and we're far from that.

You've got a sense of powerlessness. You can't make Musk or Murdoch or The Koch's or a screaming orange colostomy bag stop what they're doing.

You know what you can do? You can put out the recycling for collection. You can compost your left overs in a tiny bin in your kitchen. You can feed that plant by your window that's by all accounts is already dead. You can sew a patch onto your torn trousers. You can give your friend, neighbour, or stranger, a potato. Or a joke. Or a bit of advice you learned to be effective. You can find an old book on carpentry, and learn how to fix that creaky step in your apartment.

But why do any of this while the world is burning? It is a complete waste of effort and energy, right? It may be. Maybe there will never be enough of us to turn the world around. So why even try?

Because you are a world. We see things from our own point of view, where we are at the center. At that may sound selfish or egotistical. Don't do the good things for the other world, do it for your own world, and how you build it. Do the things that make your world better, your mind, your body, your home.

Build the bridges to other worlds. To your friends, your family, your lovers, your children, even to strangers. When you've gotten your world stable, help them with theirs, and maybe they'll help you too.

Make the nice food for yourself. Maybe share it. Ask if anyone wants your old clothes, even just rags. They might have a use for them. Keep the empty bottle in your pocket till you find a bin, or even collect others. Pull out the weeds. Put on sunscreen. Fix your umbrella. Look at all the photos you've taken. Read. Learn. Try. And do not fear failure. Absolutely no one is immune to failure. No one. Embrace the mistakes you make. Make them again. And again. Get it right and make a mistake again. You are your own world that you can control and influence. And even if there aren't enough of us who try to make the world a better place, we'll have made our own better, and shown others they can too.

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