Thank you for the contributions - you've done a lot especially with the Greatest Game Event - even though I didnt partake in a lot of the time, seeing such an event taking place was great because it was a unique experience (especially with the times I joined in) that I havent seen in any other forum I went to.
Leaving or lowering your activity time is normal, everyone goes through it and no one is expected to stay active their whole tenure. Its not like a job where you are expected to be active across scheduled times.
Anyways, congrats for 10 years and hopefully we see you from time to time.
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Since we're talking about how many years....
For me its been 13+ years now - on my 14th year.
Aside from GameFaqs (which I've been a member for over 14 years now and I dont really post on there to begin with), this has been my longest forum experience.
Other forum/internet histories....
Anime forum - 2006 to 2009 - 4 years
Video game forum - 2004 to 2009 - 6 years
Aniilist - 2018 to current - 5+ years
Kitsu - 2018 to current - 5+ years
ResetERA - 2017 to current - 6+ years
Darkadia - 2013 to current - 11+ years
AnimePlanet - 2011 to current - 13+ years
MyAnimeList - 2011 to current - 13+ years
Backloggery - 2011 to current - 13+ years
VGChartz - 2011 to current - 13+ years
GameFaqs - 2010 to current - 14+ years
There's other forums and sites but I dont remember the years I joined (not as memorable lol).
| mZuzek said: The thing is, I'm a 29-year-old who's just going through his first break-up, has never had a job, is still living with his parents and brings in no income. I went to college for a few years, but I dropped out. My life has gone absolutely nowhere in all of my adulthood, and I just don't see how I can fix it. I don't have the confidence or the social aptitude or the willingness to try and get a job, I played all of my cards into dedicating myself to music-making and hopefully making a living through that, but I've barely made any music in years because my motivation's died out completely. |
I was in your situation in my 20s as well.
I didnt have a job, had no education and was living with my parents and depending on them.
My life was not going anywhere, I was online arguing with people about stupid stuff, playing MMOs for hours and hours and staying up late like up to 3 to 4am (waking up like at 1pm or so).
I was not social at all (still not that much lol) and had no willpower or motivation either. No one believed in me, not even my parents.
A friend of my parents told me since I was so good with computers and technology , that I should go into IT or the Tech industry.
So in 2011 , I started going to college and slowly changed my habits. It was tough at first, it always is.
I was at the time - super overweight, had blood pressure issues, high cholesterol, high sugar, etc.
Slowly but surely I changed up my habits - I quit playing MMOs, lowered my time on forums (until eventually I cut it down to what a normal person should be at), started working out/changing my eating habits.
I ended up graduating, losing a ton of weight, getting a job, getting married, buying a house, buying my own car, and just recently about over a week ago - my daughter was born.
Change doesn't happen over one day, one week or a month.
It takes time and its different for every person.
Just don't give up, eventually you'll be at a better place. You'll go through good and bad times but life is a journey of ups and downs.
The most important thing is even if no one believes in you, you need to believe in yourself and not give up.
If I can do it, anyone can as well.
