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New Friends and Old Habits

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Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you guys had a wonderful week, and for those of you state side, a happy Thanksgiving! We are in the 11th hour of 2020, and I’m sure we’re all relieved to have made it to this point and excited to see what 2021 brings us! So let’s just dive into what’s been happening on my end and what you guys can expect moving forward!

In my last post, I mentioned that I had a crush on someone and was finally able to close a chapter that I thought would never end. I’m terrible at reading situations and people, but I’m just going to let it run its course and whether or not something happens, everything will be fine!

Next on the agenda, I have made a few new friends! They are crazy and extremely blunt, and I am honestly happy to have met them and can’t wait to see what insanity ensues. Before this year, I really hadn’t added anyone to my circle since college, so having new stories to hear and old stories to share has been overwhelming and wonderful. With that being said, I’m hoping that a few of them might show their faces (or their voices) on December 1st.

What is December 1st, you might ask? Well, it’s the 3rd birthday of Rooplixoo! Back in 2017, I wanted to start a blog about getting my shit together and being the person I wanted to be. We are now 3 years in, and I am doing pretty much everything I’ve ever wanted to do, and I’m happy.

Enough about me, though. Let’s get into what you guys will be getting! On December 1st at 3PM EST, I will be doing a 12-hour stream over on twitch to celebrate 3 years of this ever-growing project. On December 8th, the podcast will be returning! I am super excited to be able to do this again and to have new people on the show! Next on December 29th, we will be celebrating 6 months of streaming! Finally, on December 31st, I will be smoking my last cigarette. I have been smoking since I was 19 and I’m sick of it.

This year has definitely one for the books, but a lot of good has come out of it. Here’s to the last month of the year! We fucking made it!

Podcast and Project Update

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Hello everyone! I hope everyone has had a wonderful week and is going strong! My week has been alright, just taking it day by day. I just needed some time to clear my mind. This year has given all of us plenty of time to think and make needed adjustments.

I normally upload my podcast today (Thursday), but I really didn’t have the energy to record an episode this week. For those of you who don’t know, I am a streamer on twitch (link goes to my channel). I go live Monday, Wednesday, Friday and possibly Saturday around 11PM EST. This week was filled with collaborations with some really great people which will be getting a post of their own! Being an introvert, though, has caused my social battery to run extremely low and I forgot to leave a bit of juice left for the podcast. What I’m going to to is move the podcast to Sunday, which will give me plenty of time during the week to recharge and make the content that I want to make. I will also be uploading the podcast to youtube, so click the think and follow there if you want to listen on there. There’s one highlight video from the stream on there, so the podcast episodes will be easy to find! As well, for anyone interested, I will be starting to upload the stream VODs to yotube, as well!

Moving on to the next topic, I am going to be contacting an artist to help me redesign everything (logos, panel images, between scene stuff, etc.). I know I have been saying for a while that I would be giving Rooplixoo a facelift, but the time has finally come that it’s being put in motion. I honestly don’t know what direction I want to go in, but I’m sure once I sit down with someone that has actual artistic talent, we’ll be able to figure something out!

Moving back to the stream, I am up to 132 followers which is absolutely amazing! I started on June 29 of this year and hit affiliate on July 17 after 9 streams! I honestly thought I wasn’t going to be even remotely close to affiliate until next year. If anyone would have told me I would have accomplished this much in such a short period of time, I wouldn’t have believed them! I am truly grateful for everyone who has supported and pushed me during this whole thing. I have met some amazing people so far, and I hope to continue to grow and meet these wonderful souls. With everything going on in the world, this is the light I needed to keep going. Thank you.

As always, if any of you need a place to feel like you belong, someone to talk to, or to make new friends to play games with, head on over to my discord where you’ll be welcomed with open arms! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you soon! ♥

The Honest Truth

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Hey, it’s been a while…. I feel like every time I sit down to write now, I start it off with that. I hope everyone is doing well. I honestly don’t know how I’m feeling right now, but I need to get some things off my chest so I can start to heal.

I reached 100 followers on Twitch and everything is starting to look up for me, so I should be happy, right? I should be a ball of energy. I’m not, though. I’m happy when I stream and get to talk to all of you, because I finally have a place where I’m wanted and needed. I know it sounds narcissistic, but I lack a lot in my personal life.

Two years ago in June, I pushed away one of the greatest people to ever walk into my life, and ever since then I have completely dissociated from love, and have been hurt in ways that I can’t truly put into words. I’m not looking for pity or sympathy, but the past two years have shaped me greatly.

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and reevaluating my life since COVID-19 swept the world, and I realized a lot. One is that I am not the monster that I was made out to be by other. I’m nowhere near perfect, but I’m not an awful person. I have hurt people in the past – it was never my intention to do so, and I’m sorry, but I can’t keep paying for it.

Another thing I’ve realized is that I put too much energy into people who don’t put the same amount into me. I don’t expect those in my life to always be able to give 100%, but I can’t be the only one trying anymore. A lot of those who I thought I could trust my life with, I can’t even trust to write me back unless it benefits them. I can’t keep being the backup for when no one else is available. I refuse to be the last resort. I will always be there for you, but I need someone to be there for me. I can’t keep reaching for something that’s not there.

I also thought about who I am and what I’ve accomplished. I am currently 4 years clean of self-harm, and 4 months clean on attempts. I struggle everyday to get out of bed, but I would rather struggle than give up. I have scars, physically and mentally, but now I use that energy to motivate myself, instead of using it as a road block. It’s not always the easiest, and some days I shutdown and become a husk, but I still try.

I work a lot with numbers, as I’m sure those who know me or have read my posts have noticed. I managed to make affiliate on twitch after 9 streams, totaling roughly 36 hours (~4 hour/stream) between June 29-July 17, 2020, which is 18 days. In 1 month and 14 days, I reached 100 followers (June 29-August 12, 2020). I also started a podcast, which I use as an extension of this blog. I also have the drive to start all the projects I’ve wanted to over the years, but was never brave enough to do so.

I have met some genuinely nice people, and they have given me the confidence to just let go and be okay. You guys have shown me love in a way that I have never received from strangers, but you’re not strangers anymore. You guys are family.

2020 has been pretty shitty, there’s no doubt about that, but I have also discovered that I have a voice and that I matter, and that there’s a lot more to me than I allow myself to see. I discovered myself, and she’s a bit rough around the edges and overbearing at times, but she has a lot of ideas and cares greatly. She wears her heart on her sleeve, and has been through more than most, but she’s still able to smile and make jokes. Someday, I hope more people can see her potential.

I have a project in the works right now that’s going to take a few weeks to complete, but it will completely expose who I am, which is the whole point of Rooplixoo — raw, unfiltered, me…

Thank you all so much for giving me the strength to get up and stand on my own two feet. I might trip or stumble, but I know how to get back up now.