2015-05-22, 05:01 PM
I finished my second year of university with a 2:1, which is the second highest grade possible for non-UK folk. Ideally I would've liked a First, which is the highest grade, but for reasons I shall now explain I'm not particularly bothered by it. I have another full year to pull that up another grade which is entirely doable, it just means I need to get on average 4 points out of 100 more per assignment than I'm currently getting, which shouldn't be difficult. I also sacrificed a considerable amount of time that should've been spent studying hanging out with friends, which isn't something I've been able to do much of in the past due to social anxiety and only actually having a handful of friends, most of which I didn't even know very well. I'm completely over that now.
I met a girl at a party a couple of weeks ago and she has since become my girlfriend, I have a job lined up for the summer and have my car fully paid for and insured for a year. I've lost around 30lbs over the course of the last year too and I've started going to the gym (no longer overweight! aw yeah). All of my bills (rent/utilities) are set too, and I shouldn't have much trouble keeping that stuff under control since I've been careful with money lately. I think I might actually have my life on track, which, a couple of years ago, isn't something that I thought I would ever see happen.
And, for the first time in almost 8 years, I've had a full month without feeling depressed at all. There are areas of my life that need improvement, no doubt, but the apathy is gone. I genuinely cannot remember ever feeling quite like this and it's fantastic.
In celebration, I'm formatting my external hard drive and getting rid of anything I had left MapleStory related. As well as doing so, I won't post here any more, though admittedly since I stopped playing MS I haven't been around much anyway. I'm not entirely sure why I kept all of the MapleStory screenshots and videos after uninstalling the game, but I think rather than reminiscing about the past I'm ready to look forward to the future. Also, 4800 posts is quite a nice number to stop at.
Just wanted to say thank you, Southperry, for being a part of my life.
I met a girl at a party a couple of weeks ago and she has since become my girlfriend, I have a job lined up for the summer and have my car fully paid for and insured for a year. I've lost around 30lbs over the course of the last year too and I've started going to the gym (no longer overweight! aw yeah). All of my bills (rent/utilities) are set too, and I shouldn't have much trouble keeping that stuff under control since I've been careful with money lately. I think I might actually have my life on track, which, a couple of years ago, isn't something that I thought I would ever see happen.
And, for the first time in almost 8 years, I've had a full month without feeling depressed at all. There are areas of my life that need improvement, no doubt, but the apathy is gone. I genuinely cannot remember ever feeling quite like this and it's fantastic.
In celebration, I'm formatting my external hard drive and getting rid of anything I had left MapleStory related. As well as doing so, I won't post here any more, though admittedly since I stopped playing MS I haven't been around much anyway. I'm not entirely sure why I kept all of the MapleStory screenshots and videos after uninstalling the game, but I think rather than reminiscing about the past I'm ready to look forward to the future. Also, 4800 posts is quite a nice number to stop at.
Just wanted to say thank you, Southperry, for being a part of my life.