It is with a heavy heart that I’m writing this to announce that I will be closing It is the Youth.
This is a decision I’ve been trying to resist for a while now -- by downsizing, by taking short breaks, by any number of things -- but it’s become unavoidable. I can’t run this group on my own, and trying to has been stressing me out and taking a toll on my mental health.
I love this group. I love the people in it. I’m so very, very proud of what we’ve done. What we’ve created, the characters we’ve developed, the stories we’ve told. This group has grown so much bigger and more wonderful than I ever expected it to when Leo and I began it almost 6 months ago.
But it’s also something very different than what we created all that time ago. It’s grown and fluctuated and morphed and it’s still a wonderful, lovely thing. But we never intended for this group to outlive the summer, and our attempts at trying, coupled with any number of personal issues and the unavoidable drama or trying to create something on tumblr, have turned this group into something that feels like a chore for me in a way I never wanted it to.
Writing with you all has been so wonderful. You’ve all put so much thought into your characters and your stories and you’ve all been so incredibly kind. But I know a lot of us have found it increasingly difficult to keep up with the pace we set when we were new and hopeful and on summer vacation, and that can be frustrating.
I don’t want to take this group away from anyone. I’ll be leaving the main up and in tact, with the follow list and the bios and everything else; I’ll be leaving my character blogs all up and in tact and -- who knows -- maybe I’ll come on some days when I feel better and make a post or two.
And I hope that anyone who wants to will keep up their blogs, will finish up the threads they have and start new threads. I hope those of you that want to will continue on as if nothing has changed. In essence, nothing will change except that there will be no new missions, articles, events -- at least, none written by me. What you all choose to do with the group when I am gone is your decision. And if you want to keep things alive, I truly hope you do.
It’s been an honor to get to know you all, and I can always be found on my personal blog or here at my new blog where I’ll be keeping any rp and writing related stuff, if you want to keep in touch. Message me, and we can exchange facebooks or skypes or anything else.
Thank you all so much for a wonderful run.
Mod Christine