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I didn’t want this to be a status or a picture since it'll just get buried so after having some time to think and some rest to bring myself back to reality, I wanted to list some things that from now on, will be the new way for me.

1. No More If one Messes up, You all Mess up rules

This one I can't stress enough. I have no idea what exactly went through my mind at the time to enact such a silly rule, but it wasn't ok. So while I still be strict in terms of people actually treating people with respect, unless its an actual group of users doing it, only people who treat people or myself disrespectfully will be punished and not the entire community. They don't represent all you lovely people.

2. Relaxation on Rules

I know I'm a bit strict, but I wanna relax on some rules and petty things that at the time I was too unstable to process at the time. This includes talking about ATC, allowing opinions to not have to be censored if I'm upset, and allowing you guys to show your support by doing what you guys have been doing; making fanart. Fanart will stay at the simple rules: Just give credit and/or tag me.

3. Change in Attitude

I will not be as serious or blunt online like I use to. I get that I can be blunt in normal conversation, but I can be more relaxed . So that's what I'll do. You may notice being much more chill in conversations and if something may inconvenience me, say someone decided to steal, I'll be handling it a bit differently. I won't rage, I won't put them on blast. This'll stay at a controlled and patient and mature manor. No more will anyone feel humiliated.

4. Careful Wording and Phrasing

The video said that some of my comments and just me thinking out loud came off as bad, and I have to agree. Definitely needed to phrase things better. So maybe I'll take more time to respond to people or you'll see my responses severely simplified. This way I can think carefully as I do have a tendency to be kinda misjudge something by accident. I dont want to alienate people so this will allow people to not feel attack and we can communicate better as creator and audience.

5. If I did something wrong, Please Tell me

This one is also one I can't stress enough. I may be in charge, but even I can't be exception from criticism. Now I shouldn't be labeled and put on blast as well, as it kinda exaggerates what is usually just a misunderstanding (probably on my end), but please don't be afraid and tell me what I can improve or did wrong. You can note me or dm me or hell even make a comment and I'll hear you out. You will not get punished for speaking your mind. Without being told what went wrong, we will only get more of the same junk. So let's change that and make sure we continue to only improve.

6. Healthier Habits

As someone who struggles with mental health like many of you, it's important that I get self care and time to myself. This also means finding healthy ways to handle my stress and anxiety, depression episodes and problems. Thankfully on my discord server I have a vent room so I'll have somewhere to air out my grievances and am taking steps in real life to improve my health both mentally and physically.

7. Letting go and Learning

A lot of things in the past aren't great, I went through some old stuff and noticed how wishy washy I was, flipping back and forth between the problems I had to being relatively normal. Even back then, I was telling myself how to keep things strong and didn't realize I was only doing so much to actually do that. So you may notice some things missing. This will come in forms of devations deleted, statuses erased, and journals no longer existing. Part of allowing my stress and anxiety solutions is letting go of what made me so stressed in the first place. And letting go means 2 things working together to keep my from falling into paranoia and harping on the past; Acknowledging it and removing it. While it sounds weird, it means once something has been addressed and I've come to terms with "Yes this happened, here's what went wrong and what was going on, I see where I can improve, and then move on" I literally and metaphorically remove it. I delete it. This way it shows my brain that actual progress is being made and can show myself that I can let it go and grow from it. Just because it isn't there anymore, it doesn't mean it's impact left.

Well I think I tackled all the things that will be different from now on. A lot of old ways just like the old deviations and journals, are thrown away and will be just that, the past. Now it's time to grow and move forward. I hope you guys found this informative and will trust me again that I will keep this promise. Because this is definitely one I know in my heart I will keep.

Thanks for reading.