i noticed how people kind of only look up to shifters who have shifted? which a) everyone can shift and b) why do you look up to someone who does something basic like that? it's like looking up to someone who shits daily. which you do you but food for thoughts.
anyway, i decided to restart my shifting journey as an oldie (27) and noticed how hard it is to make friends to just talk about drs because people only fluctuate to shifters who have shifted?
trust me, there is nothing more exciting to watch your friends shifting journey and for them to finally shift. i have a best friend who is a shifter and talking to her about everyday stuff as well as shifting, is such a joy.
you are missing out by wanting to outsmart the process. there is no secret formula that shifter who has shifted can give you anyway. might as well find the people you will undoubtedly care about in the long run.
just something i noticed.
edit because apparently this is just me spitting what i think about everything: there is this fear surrounding shifters who are growing older because they think they cannot enjoy a specific media or dr when they are over the age of twenty.
as someone who is shifting and used to be scared of aging, i can say this. i am glad I'm not ninteen anymore. ninteen-year-old me might have been "justified" by my ego for shifting but she was a mess. and a mess trying to shift is a mess fucking up life in multiple realities, no offense.
and as someone who shifts to be sometimes in her forties or in her younger years again, you have to drop this act that makes you believe it's justified to send hate to people who do that because you will grow older here and if you haven't given up on shifting, you will realize that you are now in the same mess you so very much fought people over.