Since it's late at night and I feel like venting I'll talk some about my future plans with the account and some other things in the future. Right now I'm sure a lot of you know I'm stuck in a difficult and stressful phase of my life due to a variety of reasons, namely having missed tons of lessons and being behind on a ton of exams thanks to lockdown. This paired with the pressure of having to "satisfy" you by uploading and other, more private developments, have turned me from a "smile it away" kind of guy into a panicky, anxious mess at times.

Right now I'm coping well. I've sorted out the private issues and the exams I took, which I was behind on, didn't look too bad. I was on the verge of not meeting grade-point average btw which is not the case anymore. I need this graduation to be able to study at a university so it would be a shame to waste it. The grades I have seen so far are promising and in cooperation with my teachers and two psychologists I managed to get back on track... for the most part. There is still a subject I dread due to the teacher but I'll manage.

With that out of the way; What are my future plans?

Well, once I'm fully engaged in Summer Break I will return to this account and try to maintain a stable upload schedule. I have tons of ideas, the only thing keeping me from putting them down was late night studying (like today) and anxiety, which I already had before about my stories not being good enough and me somehow fucking up everything possible.

While one-off short stories will be my focus you did get a glimpse at some bigger stuff I have in my mind, which is mostly how I want to build my "community" with. A series is always better to watch for than getting random short stories you may or may not like. Once I establish a good enough schedule I also planned to expand a bit. I already have a Ko-Fi if people feel like throwing change at me, or accept money directly via FA's donation system, but I already have a Patreon reserved for when I can get a steady stream of words coming. A Discord server is also already in existence but I'll not make it public for now, a few friends are already on it though. Even if this sounds like I will monetize the heck out of my stories, maybe even hide some behind a paywall, don't worry, I won't. Writing is a hobby first and foremost for me but earnings on the side are always appreciated.

Scrolling to the bottom of my profile description also may have revealed the little word "Youtube."

I did have a YT channel and somewhat of a "career" from 2018 (shortly after my 16th birthday) to 2020. I plan to return on a reserved, English channel and obviously get a community on there built too, though this time moreso for monetary gains. Don't worry, not through means of clickbait but a little way to abuse the Youtube algorithm I figured out... in theory at least. Doesn't mean I won't have fun doing it.

Also, for obvious reasons I will keep YT separated from FA and make no mention of what hobbies I have besides YT casually.

This is pretty much it. What I've thought out for the future, all under the assumption that next school year will be less stressful because I'm in it from the beginning until the bitter end and that Summer Break will offer lots of respite. For those wondering, Summer Break is 4 weeks away. I can't wait. I may upload a little bit earlier, notice my profile description again, since stress should stop in two weeks when all grades need to be done to calculate if we made it.

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