[Salty]

What has you interested this time around? What's gonna be different this time around if anything? 

I'm purely just curious.

You, Reina and August all addressed the first critiqued that I had felt was going to be said.


Firstly, I had discussed with Bryan in private about a month ago that I was thinking of joining a staff. I was personally interested because of a private conversation I had with some others and I’m not going to go into detail of what was discussed, but some of the things said were what motivated me.


To answer your question of what would be different this time, I’d treat it like a hobby and not a job. My burnout stemmed from the mindset I approached it. Your concerns are legitimate because I typically have gotten burnt out within 2 months both times. Because I’m substantially busier than I usually am, I have my priorities with school and passing licensure requirements so I can do the career I love. I mention this because both times I was staff was during the summer when I had nothing going on, so I made it a “job” by becoming the only thing I was thinking about. 

This time, I fully understand and will treat it as a hobby; this would mean I wouldn’t try and “do everything” or “constantly monitor the discord” because then that isn’t a hobby, at least not me. I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t going to face the commitment/overcommitment argument and say it isn’t valid. It absolutely is a valid one.

I don’t necessarily agree with going as far as to compare my track record to unbans, but I definitely can see where Reina and others are coming from and think it’s a valid point to make. 

Again, sorry if the formatting is horrific, I’m on my phone.