Yeah, so, um, I do apologise for the unplanned hiatus...
If I'm being honest, last November, I kind of lost the desire to write. Why?
Well, first, I was really caught up in my third bachelor year in Law (which I still failed, yipee). I learned a ton of things about society and who I wanted to be in our system (oh, and I also stopped believing in the law, which is kind of ironic after studying the matter for more than three years, lmao).
This is directly linked to my second point, which is: the state of the world was and still is very much shitty. I don't need to spell it out to you: you've seen my last chapter (which is chronologically not the last chapter since I published it in May 2024) or even, I don't know, the news. I think part of me needed to take action, however small, in the real world. I'm not trying to blow my own trumpet here, really, I'm just saying that I did not have the force to engage in my passion—writing—in peace anymore.
So, I participated in protests. I volunteered. I joined committed student circles. With their help, I organized a month against discrimination in my university. I wrote my final thesis in English, on the power of social movements to change society for the better, more efficently than the judiciary. I read books on sociology, and read books on politics, and read books on history, and gosh, did I miss reading! At the end of the school year, I was drained and had to delete social media because the never-ending flow of bad news was becoming too much. But now, I think I have found some kind of balance. Besides, a few weeks ago, a friend of mine proposed to create an anti-racist and decolonial circle at my university this year, and you BET I joined him right on the spot! You bet I'm back being an activist—I've never ceased to be one—but I'm also back being an artist—I've never ceased to be one. I think in a way I'm trying to say that you, too, at your level, can somewhat contribute to shaping a fairer society. I swear you can. I swear we can.
Finally, I faced a lot in my private life too. Still am. But I think...things are getting better? Oh, and also, I'm thin-skinned, and thought nobody cared anymore about my writings, so I guess it was easier to leave it there? But you know what? I care. I do care about that story, and it deserves a proper end. And I want to be proud of myself for finishing it (famous last words lol). Besides, it's truly unfair not to consider everyone who left a kudo or a comment, bookmarked or subscribed. I'm truly grateful to y'all.
So yeah, we are so back, chat.
See you in October at the most to read what should either be the last chapter or the one before (you already know the song, right?).
