Thank you to Linden Lab for making this weird and wonderful place. But now it's time to turn to other things. I've done a lot of things, made a lot of friends, and had a lot of laughs. SL has been a big part of my life for a long time, and it's been, on the whole, a very good part. I don't have all that many years left, and if I don't want to shorten that time, I need to pay more attention to my health, as well as free up time to get all those things done that I've been putting off until "someday soon". The health issues really brought home that for almost the last two decades I've been living a large part of my life in front of a monitor. One of the things that can cause this is sitting in one place too long, and lord knows, SL has contributed to that. And last month, I was diagnosed with a couple of blood clots in my leg, or deep vein thrombosis. ![]() My eyesight isn't what it used to be, and after a few hours, I can't see the computer screen clearly, no matter what glasses I use. I got tired of constantly fighting my inventory, tired of taking an hour to put together a new outfit, tired of saying the same things over and over and over. Many other things, little and big, have changed, and I've noticed that more and more, the advice I give people is outdated. Not because they are bad, but because now, if I wanted to keep helping newcomers, I'd have to learn a whole new thing.and I couldn't bring myself to even try. The introduction of the new Senra avatars didn't excite me, it appalled me. Partly, I'm leaving because I realized I can no longer change with the times. I'm not mad at anyone, I'm not bored (or not completely), I'm not flouncing. Now I am pretty sure that I'm actually ready to turn out the light, close the door, and walk away for good. A bit over two years ago, I took a year long sabbatical, then for the last year I've been active again. I debated with myself before making this post, and finally decided that it would be better to do so, rather than to just leave my friends wondering "Whatever happened to Lindal?"Īfter 17 years, I'm leaving SL.
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