So I’ve just had the most stressful start of the year in recent memory, while it’s not fully over yet I’m definitely getting to a point where I can relax for a bit. I can’t remember the last time there was such consistent work needing to be done, people I needed to keep track of and the (gestures vaguely around) situations didn’t help either.
But! During the breaks I did have, my friends and I have started sharing shows or games we enjoyed with each other and doing so consistently which has made me find a lot of stuff I now love too which has really been soul healing.
My choice to share with the group was rewatching all of Yugioh (which I haven't for more than a decade) as said friends have never seen it before, and I had a whole new experience with it this time around. I can’t tell you how wonderful it’s been watching again, now being able to understand how stories work way more than when I was a child/teen, and being able to appreciate storytelling choices, do deep character or theme analysis that pinpoints why I love something and actually being able to put it into words. If there’s a media you have fondness over that you haven't watched/played/experienced in a long time, I highly recommend trying to go back and experience it as it is without any other external opinions that may sway you and really analyze what you like or dislike about it. For real, it helped a lot during these stressful times.
I’ll be posting again when inspiration strikes of course, but I just wanted to share :]
