It's March 2024. I was asked to write about what my ambitions for my future are, and how I want to live my life. So, I decided to return to the origin of what I am the best at; Programming. So I've logged into this account again. For the first time in three years. It has been over three years since I last said something on thie page, where I said I might start making projects again. Well, I guess that didn't go so well :) My last actual project here was over 5 years ago. I remember the times I had here, trying to create accurate simulations of Elevators, which was (and kind of still is!) one of the things that I thought were interesting at the time. Logging into this account, I was amazed seeing comments posted on my projects that were less than a week old on my over half-decade old projects. I didn't think that such simple games that I created when I was still in elementary school bring joy to people, and seeing a comment on my page that said "I'm excited to see what's next!", I was quite flattered. Thank you to all the people that enjoyed my projects throughout the years I was active, and even now, years after I basically abandoned this account. Thanks so much. I'm glad that I was able to bring joy to you. To see these projects getting remixed by people to make their own unique creations is also quite the honor. I'm amazed that you find my code and random components that I designed so many years ago are inspiring people to create their own unique things. I appreciate it. So what happened to me, you ask? Well, to start, I am still alive and well. I am still quite obsessed with elevators, and still watch Beno's latest videos ;) I am still very into programming, and now work in a small firm that creates various odds and ends, such as webapps and bots for a (certain popular chat app). I now program in NodeJS and Rust. I also am very into researching this new-fangled AI, and work in development of open-source text-to-speech models, for example. Who I am now, and what I do now, is all thanks to that day when I discovered Sratch and this community, decided to create an account (over 8 years ago wow) and saw ZZ9's "Kone EcoDisc Simulator" in the featured tab. I thought to myself, "I could do that too!" and my weird world of Elevator Simulators started. I've met so many amazing people through Scratch, and am thankful for them all for supporting me and telling me how to improve. Thanks so much. You, and this entire community, gave me a start on programming, and created who I am today. I owe many thanks to Scratch for this. I don't think I will be returning to creating projects here anytime soon, but I will be checking on the comments on this account every year or so. Thanks for your continued support towards me and my projects. I don't have much else to write, so I guess I'll end it here. Thank you so much for all the support over the years, you reading this and the whole Scratch community have changed my life in a way that I never could have imagined when I was a 3rd grader. Many thanks, - STS
