Official Zay Manager Resignation

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Howdy folks! ==== So yeah, I'm stepping down from being a manager, the project explains it, and I'll leave a transcript below ==== Stay till the end for a bloopers reel (I take myself very seriously.) ==== Transcript: Howdy y'all, It's Zay I hope you all are doing well, and uh, voice reveal for those of you who don't know it I guess! Y'all have probably realized I've been pretty inactive for a while, even since my ban I really haven't been online much, many newer folks probably don't or hardly recognize me at all, and yeah, there's a reason for that. I've been considering stepping down from managering for a while, and recent drama on here has been my tipping point. I've gotten busy with my life, joined a guitar program about a year ago and my band, as well as math tutoring and regular school takes up a lot of my free time, and if I'm being honest, the gaehive just doesn't do what it used to do for me any more I joined the gaehive in late 2020 (August 17th for those of y'all who've been around that long) and at the time I was 12 years old, going through a rough time, and also dealing with, ya know, the world wide pandemic. I was searching for a community of young queers like myself, one that was impossible to have in person at the time, and the gaehive was that. I made a lot of friends, and a lot of memories, both good and bad, which is to be expected of anywhere The gaehive gave me a second chance, and was there for me when I was going through some of my roughest times, and I will always be grateful for it. When I became manager, I was going to a school that really crashed my mental health, I was dealing with pretty serious bullying, on top of issues at home, and my schoolwork was piling up, it's because of this I feel like I was never really able to give back everything I wanted to, to the hive. My plans for game nights and schedules kinda got abandoned as it ended up taking all my energy just to stay alive. And even when I switched schools and things got better, I found myself spending less and less time on scratch, and for that I'm sorry. Recently, and I hate to say it, but scratch has become like a chore, and that's not really anyone's fault, yes is studio drama and fighting getting to a lot of managers at the moment? Yeah, but also the thing that I came to the gaehive for, a community of fellow queers and weirdo's I've got that now. Since moving to my new alternative school, I've made a good group of friends, who I love dearly, and we can rely on each other when things go uhhhh, not good. I'm happier in general now, and though mental health doesn't get better overnight, I'm convinced I have the tools to tackle it better, even though I'll fall sometimes. Being a manager for the gaehive, no matter how brief, will always be something I will be proud to have done, and it's sure had its ups and downs, but I really have enjoyed my time here. All this long as he(ck) rant is to say, I'm stepping down, I'll still probably be around from time to time, and I welcome everyone to come and say hi on my profile if you ever need anything. I'll still be in contact with the other managers if you ever need anything from them. And I'll probably pop buy the gaehive every now and then. I won't be leaving scratch, but I can't say I'll be super active either, I think honestly, I just want to retire to the fields of warrior cats of stories and games, which I think will be good for my stress levels. And to wrap it up I want to say, thank you gaehive, for everything you've done for me, simply by existing, though this is kinda a good bye, know I'm glad to have met every one of you I got the fortune to, and for those of you I haven't met, Hi! I'm glad this community gets to be a space for you, the way it was for me. To everyone who's made it this far, stay strong, keep fighting the good fight, and take care of yourself, go sit in the grass and just idk, pretend the leaves in your hands are dragons from a magical fantasy world from time to time, no matter how old you are. Most importantly, stay awesome, and thank you, gaehive, goodbye. ====