Hoi, it's me, Mai :> The first thing I'm going to say is: I have been hiding something from all of you; something I'm not comfortable sharing with anyone apart from @Wiise and @-Lachimolala-, my most trusted friends. Also go follow them rn they're some pretty dayum cool beans. Don't worry, this isn't anything bad. Let me explain. I'm not a new Scratcher at all (no, that isn't my secret, just keep reading). Although it may say on my profile that I joined 2 weeks ago, I have been a Scratcher since December 2019. This is because I used to be another Scratcher (which I'm not @ing) before I quit. Around 9 months later, I joined Scratch again on this account. So, basically, I didn't actually quit. I just took a loooooong break. And the reason for this is because: 1. I made a project. It got curated, and suddenly, all of my followers started revolving around that one project, and nobody was viewing any of my other projects. Which was really sad for me :'( 2. I had 400+ followers and was overwhelmed by them. And 3. I was slowly but surely getting distracted from school as the months progressed. As someone who's used to getting good grades, I want to focus on school the absolute BEST I can to keep it that way, and Scratch was avoiding me from doing so. But anyway, I finally felt what it was like to be free from all that stress after quitting. It felt so good, but I missed the Scratch Community a lot. It might sound stupid that after everything that I went through on my old account, I'm back on Scratch. (Btw, I didn't tell my followers about me joining Scratch again, because I felt that I'd feel overwhelmed. Again.) But like I said, I really missed Scratch. I LIKED making digital art. I LIKED sharing it with others. I LIKED chatting with my friends. So I joined Scratch again. BUT, of course, I thought about what had happened on my old account. Did I really want to experience what I experienced again? My distraction from school? No. So I decided I DEFINITELY wouldn't be as active on Scratch as I was before. No more 3 hours of Scratch after school. No more distraction. But Scratch is just so addictive. Once I joined? Couldn't stop. Couldn't stop replying, couldn't stop chatting, just couldn't stop going online in general. You know that feeling you get when you just KNOW- you're absolutely POSITIVE- that something bad is going to happen? Once that started happening, I got that feeling. I'm so afraid that I'll get distracted from school again, and my grades will dip down. So, back to the inactivity notice (apologies for the impromptu story). I'm going to take this chance to take a step back and remember what happened last time, and how my goal is to focus on school. To conclude: I'm going to be a LOT less active on Scratch. I won't check in every day. This'll only be temporary, though; everything will go back to normal in a month or so, maybe? Sorry for that. And, what exactly will I be doing apart from contemplating what I'm doing way too much? Doing homework, focusing on my writing and art (cos they're really important hobbies to me, I see them as stress-relievers), blah blah. Basically everything apart from being active on Scratch xD So yuh, that's it. Hope this doesn't bother you or anything :') Also tell me if there are any typos n stuff k, I'm too lazy to find them myself Oh, also, the photo's not mine as always
