Hey, lovelies <3
This announcement is, sadly, a long time coming. It’s something I’ve dragged my feet on for close to a year now, ever since the deletion glitch during last year’s ONC, but even more so the last few months.
This site has been my home for 13 years. But for a while, it’s felt less like home and more like…an obligation.
I’ve tried and failed to revive my love for the site where I found my voice, met some of my dearest friends, and have had a lovely audience that have given endless support to my writing.
I kept telling myself that the love I lost was because my mental health wasn’t well, or I physically was unwell, or any other excuse I could tell myself to justify staying on WP. But then, when my account goes inactive, it adds the extra stress of feeling like I need to be active—therefore perpetuating my incessant need to exhaust myself pumping out content and burning myself at every end. Then, I would rotate myself through events and clubs thinking that, maybe, if I reengaged, I would find a spark instead of embers.
If anything, it’s only made the decision more firm.
Maybe I’ve grown out of the site. Maybe the endless glitches have finally hit me, too. Or maybe the universe is reminding me that we won’t always have an answer.
But sometimes you have to let go of something hard in order to grow.
Soon, I will log out of this account. I just need to get my caffeine-fueled ducks in a row and book club work caught up. I’ll have a back up account purely because I need it to be in off-site communities I love, and I can’t stomach losing touch with friends because I’m not on here.
As for this account, I’m unsure. I may keep it up because usernames safety and whatnot. I may just throw it into the void so I’m not tempted. I don’t know.
I still have all my other socials. Please feel free to stay in touch. My writing journey is far from over, even if my Wattpad chapter has come to a close.
I love you all to the moon and back.
-Wrenna