[not like many people will see this but whatever] Just realized that it's been a few days since my first account on here turned 7 years old. I guess I'm supposed to feel nostalgic about my experience with this website, having been on it for so long? Not like I go here that much anymore, anyway. The origins of this account actually date back to me going to a small coding school which used Scratch to teach kids. Had I not been there, this account wouldn't exist. Most of the people who would remember me from this website only know me thanks to the SMC which I joined back in 2018 - a decision which was either downright terrible, slightly good, or both. I got myself into unnecessary arguments but managed to make some good friendships too. What did I do in 2016 and 2017? Just make (probably mediocre) games, after my time at the school came to a close. Out of them I remember Rem889 OS the most. I wished to make a really famous project and get myself popular on the website, which is ironic to me now. 2018 and so forth were the bigger years that I partly don't even want to remember. Anything massive that happened was linked to the SMC in one way or another. From stupid arguments like the 3rd Great Mapping War to friendships that still go on to this day. I hated my 2019 self because that's when I became more toxic and too confident due to my own stupidity. I got banned (at least) 5 times on this website, in 2018-2019 if memory serves correctly. Most of these were due to reckless arguments I had with someone else that was an obsessive user that I don't want to name. I was a fool for letting the drama constantly go on. I evaded lots of bans with tons of alternative accounts, my nineth one living the longest. Can't believe I still remember it. At the end, it was just me being some salty kid who apparently couldn't let things go. Back then I thought I was rebellious. Now I think I was stupid, probably anything anyone else would think of themselves in the past. 2020 was genuinely a good year since that's when I finally came head first to the problem I was a toxic person. I left "politics" and made efforts that ended up in me being more patient and kinder. Pretty sure that was my resolution, but my memory is a bit hazy. I don't remember much of 2021 except from ending a relationship gone overly sour and getting massive progress on coding outside Scratch. 2022 was a lot more eventful than both past years. A lot of the things that happened I consider more personal to myself, though. In the end, it was the new "worst and best" year of my life. I already have plans for 2023, and I am confident in accomplishing them. If I could do it in 2020, I could do it this year as well. Moral of the story? Keep looking forward. Just because you've made lots of mistakes in your life it doesn't mean you shouldn't acknowledge what you can do to better yourself in the present. Thanks to my friends and who were in the SMC. One I basically owe my life to and another whom I had the longest interactions with. Thanks to whom I reconnected with last year too. I'm sure you'll know why you're on here if you get to see this. and also deserve their mentions. I don't talk with the former much (but still wish well for them), and the latter I've talked to a bit less...? Song in the background: Rise from the Ashes - End (from PW:AA, 2005)
