Sorry it's been ages >.< I got really ill the day after I got my tattoos before Christmas, haha. It wasn't their fault. I think I was just super unlucky and had a minor cold just beginning to manifest on the morning I went to get the tattoos done! It probably wouldn't have even turned into a cold if I hadn't spent the day getting tattooed, but I guess that probably massively lowered my immune system and while my body was prioritising healing the damage from that, the cold took hold T_T It sucked because it took me soooo long to recover. Well, I'm still not even 100% better now! So basically, I sent my last reply before that happened, and then I've been too ill to go on my PC right up until this week where I'm finally doing a bit better!
Consequently, I haven't achieved much recently x3 But at least it did give me a forced break and some time to finally start playing Fire Emblem Three Houses once I felt well enough to play on my Switch, haha.
Not gonna lie, my brain is already overloaded coming back to everything after such a long break of not touching any of my dev stuff x3 And being the idiot I am, I'm about to attempt to start working on a short project for this year's yandere jam because I really don't want to miss it >.< If I really can't make it though, I will try to be less hard on myself than I would've last year x3 At the end of the day, I'm over a week late starting work on something for it, and I don't have every single day in February available to work on it either, so it will be what it will be I suppose!
You're right though, trying to just make drastic changes overnight will only result in disaster and more burnout x3
Hehe, a Tulip smoothie xD
Speaking of resolutions, my brother told me right after Christmas that I need to force myself to take one weekday off each week xD He said I work on my projects way too much and never give myself enough time play games (and he's waiting for me to play a bunch of stuff so we can discuss, haha.) So I guess I can give that a go and see how it works out x3
Maybe it's better to not even set any goals in the first place cos then it doesn't matter if you procrastinate or take things slowly cos you'll get stuff done eventually, and it'll just be nice that you did them without any pressure :3
Glad to hear the tests went well! Though, regrets are never fun >.< But noooo, practice exams too? T_T I hope they went well as well if you've already had those too! But if they haven't come around yet, then I hope they do go as well as possible once it's time :3 I think I would just crap myself if I had to do an exam nowadays! Back when I was a kid in school, they never really bothered me and I kinda just used to do last-minute revision the night before and generally be fine xD I don't think that would work for further education though, haha. And then I would suck at revising and then probably fail everything >.<
Hehe, no worries :3 All of my replies have been massively delayed xD I spent most of Christmas in a daze anyways cos I was trying to sleep as much as possible in the hope that it would help me get rid of the cold faster x3 I read stuff that had been posted on here, but I just didn't have the energy to reply to anything. Didn't even go on my PC since I sent the last message cos I didn't feel well enough to sit at my desk >.< When I started getting a bit better, I debated trying to reply on my phone, but it's so old and laggy that I just gave up x3
Hehe, well, technically the people online are more special to me than most of my family x3 Of course, I'm super close to my dad and my brother, so they are always my top priority! Along with my one in-person friend. But while I do love my wider family to bits, I technically spend less time talking to them than I do with people online, and most of them don't even really know me xD So in a weird way, some of the friends I have online are more like family than some of my actual family, haha.
My birthday actually isn't until the second week of February :3 It's just sometimes because it's so close to Christmas, my dad will decide to get me something a bit more expensive than he usually would and give it as a combined Christmas and birthday gift, so then I get it for Christmas, and then on my birthday I don't get as much cos he's already spent the money. I keep telling him he shouldn't be spending on me anyways cos he should be keeping it for himself so he can have a nice holiday or something since he really deserves one!!
I'm terrible with birthdays x3 I usually forget when they are, look it up, then panic cos it's like a week away and I haven't even prepared a card or anything T_T
It hasn't been the best start to the new year with being ill xD but now that I'm getting better, I'm hoping the rest of the year will be more pleasant, haha. I did already get to see some rareish birds that I've never seen before in my life though, so that's something a bit different and awesome for January ^-^ I hope that your new year has been going brilliantly so far!! <3
Haha, I get that cos I usually haven't watched the stuff some of my friends are talking about x3 but I don't wanna be rude and just like completely skip over that part of the conversation, so I try my best to think of something to say at least. But yeah, sometimes I do really struggle with keeping in touch with everyone T_T The problem is, I love having such a range of awesome friendships online, and I do really wanna make sure I treasure them and keep them as friends, but at the same time, my energy levels fluctuate like crazy, and if I'm going through one of those periods of really low energy, that combined with being introverted anyways means I take months to respond, and then I feel awful >.<
But yeah, like how you described in your last paragraph is pretty much what happens to me too, haha. I wish I weren't so easily overwhelmed :( I don't know how some people manage to be super social on top of juggling everything else in their lives >.< for me it's just impossible!
I sure hope I don't end up becoming a serial killer xD but you never know what the future holds, haha. But d'aww, you're so sweet <3 I'd like to hope that I can be described as kind... not sure most people would say pretty, but I guess everyone has different opinions on what's pretty and what isn't x3 let's just say that I'm not exactly what you could describe as being typically good-looking xD
But yeah, you seem pretty darn lovely yourself :3 I may kinda despise social media and stuff, but one thing I do love about being able to talk to strangers on the internet is that it's a heck of a lot easier to find new friends than it is in person! ^-^ Hope you're doing well, getting plenty of time to relax, and that you don't have too much stress going on this January! :3