i’m turning 18 in 2 weeks and i joined the forums in 2015 when i was 13!! looking back, i feel like such a different person;; like mentally and physically. i’m a lot happier now and i just look at life as a big ol’ adventure now lol. i’d also like to say i’m less cringy aha
a lot has changed in my life in the past five years, but unfortunately not much of it was good. but i'm glad to have made good memories here on tbt especially throughout the many times where things weren't going very well for me. hopefully i'll continue to make more now that i'm more definitively "back" from my hiatus.
A whole 180, I used to only use the forums for AC but now I'm opening up a lot more here
I joined in 2013? I had an account before this one but I can't remember it for the life of me
Yeesh, I signed up here back in 2012. So, it's been over 8 years now since I joined in Feb. 2012.
Let's see... I was 18, and now I'm 26. Its quite a difference. Ive since gone to college, moved half way across the country, had a couple of crappy jobs before landing my current role...
I used to play more with other people, and now the only thing I've done is trading. I'm thinking once I finish my island I'll try to find some friends to play with. Nobody I know IRL plays.
Anyway, it's pretty strange looking back at how much time has passed. I dont think I've changed drastically, only grown up since then. Healthier and in a better place, too.
Back in the day of 2013 I only joined because a friend I never can find again wanted to leave ACC and join here. Boy did I make the right decision.
Anyway, I was 15 at the time and back then I just wanted to be noticed everywhere! I made a thread about my Lemur villager ocs (Until now I learned that Tammi is a lemur herself and understood that my Lemur villager idea was dumb) and I made two cringe threads about if I should restart and change by face because I was being a little whiny that more people chose Smash Villager's eyes and not the shy eyes. Now I realize that you can choose eyes based on if you like them or not, just like villagers.
Of course over the years I grew to be more mature that here I am today, 21 years of age (Almost 22) acting as mature as I can be. Not being needy and such.
Since I joined TBT I've come out as trans, fallen in genuine love, graduated high school, started a semi-business selling art, and overall matured into a much smarter and better person than when I began here.
When I joined I was 21, in a toxic relationship, and unsure of what to do wity my life beyond the future I planned with my boyfriend at the time. Now I am 24, still not sure of who I am and what I want in life but at least I am no longer in that relationship, I also went back to college when I was 22 and am almost done with my Bachelors.
It's a little weird. The guy I used to joke about shipping with me 3 years ago, is now my bf... We just haven't told anyone (especially from tbt) and I won't out him. :>
I joined in 2013. I haven't changed much. I'm still an awkward, depressed potato. I've had different jobs since then, and I've gained more education and won some academic awards since then. I had a benign cyst removed from my brain. I tried ECT. I started using legal cannabis for my chronic issues. I moved farther to the left politically, and I was already progressive in 2013.
One thing that is different - I have stopped making effort with family members who cause me distress. I stopped engaging with them. I decided that it's better to be lonely than to have problematic people around you that cause harm.
I discovered a love for audiobooks and realized I can consume information much quicker that way. I have read hundreds of books since 2013. I struggle with reading comprehension when I read text on a page or screen, but my auditory processing is great so audiobooks are just wonderful for me. I have learned so much from them! I'm not really a fiction fan so I mostly read history, politics, etc.
I dunno if I would say I was a BAD person when I joined, but I was naive. This forum was my first involved experience with an online community, and I think I got in over my head too fast. Within a few months I got caught up in some drama and took sides quickly. And that situation got exacerbated to a point where I said some pretty mean, regrettable stuff on here. I've unfortunately been through a lot of other stuff online (mostly on other sites), falling outs, etc etc that hurt me, but overall I think it was necessary for my own growth, to understand what I was doing wrong with my relationships.
Now I'm just trying to be a good person and yknow. not stir up trouble or anything.
It's weird to think about how just a few years ago I was like... A totally different person.
I think college/university got me out of my shell more. I have a group of irl friends (or as "irl" as we can be right now) and I learned how to communicate effectively and not be in my own head about online stuff so much
My life has changed drastically, but my overall personality and approach to this community and the game remains the same.
When I joined, I had just moved away from my home city and was living absolutely alone for the first time in my life.
It. Was. Terrifying. But I found a good measure of peace in the solitude. It foreshadowed how well-adjusted I would be for the 2020 quarantine.
And when I needed some company or nostalgia, animal crossing was there. AC was a game my sister and I shared since the GameCube version in our childhood.
Fast forward 8+ years and now I live in a house of chaos with my husband and kids, and pretty much spend most of my time afk changing diapers or cleaning some mishap. Animal Crossing is still my escape, my anchor, and my virtual home. Much love to all of you.
I joined only a few months ago. Not much has changed, except I joined a new church denomination, got a new kitten, turned 36, and spend less time on social media and Internet forums (other than this one).
I've been in The Bell Tree for only a year but a lot has happened since I joined. I opened myself up to people more and really grew as a person. But of course since the pandemic hit, I feel that kind of took away from my personality, there was kind of a regression there since it's just hard to do everything now. So I feel like I've become a different person because of that.
i haven't been on here very long (joined back in 2018, but i don't think i started posting till 2019?) so personality wise i haven't changed much at all.
