Happy New Year! What are you thankful for?

[Digouter]

Firstly, sorry guys, for not being around very much this holiday season. I've mostly been swamped by work and festivities (within reason), though I've wanted to make a thread like this because... well, I guess because I feel I need it ahaha = v =

But yeah! Happy New Year everyone . I know 2020 hasn't been the kindest year ever, but I think there are still plenty of things to be thankful for, which is why I set up dis thread = v =... ehehe, let's start this new year on the right foot and work as hard as we can! I'll get started with the things that I'm thankful for, and the things I'm looking forward to in this coming year eheheh.

I'm thankful that a good portion of family and friends have remained safe despite the ongoing pandemic. My girlfriend is a frontline nurse, so my anxiety levels have been through the roof mostly just worrying about her haha. But but, her best-practice methods while remaining healthy also showed me that it all works. It helped me stay calm during the rather uncertain beginnings of the pandemic ehehe. That said, I've lost some people I know to this virus, some of them good friends. It hasn't been easy, but I'm still very thankful for still being here despite everything. I followed my girlfriend's example and I've somehow stayed virus free last year, so I'm hoping I can keep that going through this year, too!

I'm thankful for my job, that has somehow remained stable, and I know that it isn't something that everyone else can say, especially not in this crazy year. I've been working really, really hard lately, mainly because I'm grateful to still have my job, gosh haha xD.

I'm thankful to this station, for still being around and remaining the home of people who were affected profoundly by the DASH/Legends series. I'm thankful that you guys are still around, and doing your best to stay safe, and are still kicking despite everything! I have a habit of leaving for extended periods and coming back, and while Dashe would argue that it's normal, I still can't help but feel like I've done this place a disservice time and time again eheh. I want to support this station as much as possible, and I'll keep trying to provide content xD...

As for what I'm looking forward to... generally a ton of stuff actually . w ., and I don't know if I should go into detail just because there are so many things I wanna accomplish haha. I got a decent tablet recently, and when I purchase Clip Studio Paint I'll finally get a chance to really work on digital art, but at the same time I'm pretty intimidated. I'm definitely doing it though! I'm interested in a lot of new games and new series, and I just wanna see what the new year has in store I suppose!

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At the end of the day I just wanna say I'm grateful to be here eheh. I'm looking forward to posting all of my progress with my stories and my art here, even if they might not be that great, I'm going to keep improving! Thank you, Legends Station, for providing an outlet for misfits like me haha. Happy New Year!

[Dashe]

Happy New Year! We're always glad to have you around, and I look forward to the new art!

...I say as I sit there for twelve hours lollygagging with Clip Studio Paint just running in the background.

[UltraViolet64]

Happy (belated) New Year! I frankly am just glad to have made it through the past year, which had been a real exercise in misery for me. I can't really remember much good that happened for me in 2020, but I'll try to think of some things.

-After being unable to find or play a functioning copy of Super Mario Galaxy 2 for about nine years, I was finally able to purchase one that didn't just crash at the title screen and was finally able to complete a full 242-Star run! Galaxy 2 was the first game I had ever pre-ordered (which I guess outs me for being quite young compared to most of you) and for almost a decade, the multiple copies I had bought in desperation to try and get the game to work again stopped loading past the title screen. I was finally able to get one that didn't encounter this problem, and I was ecstatic. That game is every bit as good today as it was when I was ten.

-I was finally able to get my damn foot in the door with a job after a two-year drought. I had serious trouble getting employed for about two years, either getting ignored or rejected outright. Even though I seriously hate this place, I at least have income and a launching point.

-I finally conquered some severe anxiety and started posting here again. I pretty much vanished from the forum and Discord server after 2017, because my social anxiety had spiraled out of control and I became something of a recluse. It really only got worse as I had entered college, and I sort of became deeply intimidated by the prospect of showing my face around here again. And frankly...I couldn't really tell you why. Maybe it was just a weird sense of shame about things I had said when I was 16 and 17. Either way, I certainly don't have that anxiety anymore. Or it's been so drowned out by far worse ones that I just don't pay it any mind anymore. Your guess is as good as mine.

I can't think of much else, but truthfully, it's hard to think of any major victories for most years, even when the world ISN'T being held at gunpoint by a pandemic. I feel like I grew a lot in 2020, which is more than enough to be thankful for. Hope everyone has a good 2021, and that the world is a little less miserable this year.

[Digouter]

That's... very relatable eheh. And yeah, it might not think like there have been any major victories, but just the fact that you've found your footing amidst anxiety is a wonderful, wonderful thing. A lot of growing up is indeed a lot of good. We just do what we can yeah? I'm really happy you got your job, and you should treat yourself to something awesome. You didn't give up, you kept going, and the effort's bearing fruit ; v ;. I'm sorry that you dislike your work, but things'll definitely look up.

No matter how much life tries to put us down, so long as we keep getting back up and dusting ourselves off, we'll manage eheh. We're gonna get crap done = v =

Edit: Just adding this here because it's my work music xD...