Okay, so this is kind of hard for me to discuss. I came to a realization that I am horrifically addicted to Tumblr to the point where it’s affecting my personal life and my mental health. I feel an unnecessary and unwanted pressure—not from any of you, just to be clear—to post/write/reblog/what have you. To just be here, and when I realized I hadn’t posted anything in a while, I immediately jumped on to do so.
I hate this development. When I came back to tumblr a couple years ago it was not so it could take over my life. I was thinking this morning all I’d do with my dog tonight when I got home and scarily had the thought, “oh my god, what about my tumblr?” I’m 27 years old. I should not feel this compelled by social media to post all the goddamn time and feel overwhelmed when I don’t have time to post.
Therefore, I at the very least won’t be posting my works to Tumblr, and I’ll be taking a semi-hiatus to break away from my apparent addiction. It’s just an unneeded pressure I don’t need. I have a lot of plans this summer that I’d rather not have thwarted by this hellsite.
All of my works will be moved to my AO3, and I’ll update them over there as I have time to. For some reason Tumblr makes me feel an extra pressure to spit out updates. I think it’s because I see all these amazing writers churning out works like no one’s business and I can’t keep up. It’s my own issue and this is the way I’m going to deal with it.
I’m over at AO3 under the same username, so you can catch me over there. I’ll be here on Tumblr very little while I try to distance myself but I’ll still be available to talk to.
This was an unexpected development and I’m sorry it’s come to this but I have to do this for myself. I love all of you, hope to see you over at AO3! 🖤
