Welcome!

🦴 INTRO

This is my first ever blog post, and based on taking a glance at other's accounts, I'm pretty sure I'm doing this correctly.

I made this account here originally as a New Year's Resolution. I have horrible social anxiety that pertains to real life and over the internet. I've been working with my wonderful boyfriend and friends to overcome these issues, and this is a big step towards trying to become an active community member of things I enjoy.

🦴 ABOUT ME

I prefer to go by City or Vintage, they/them pronouns, and I am a 24 year old (my birthday is soon! I hope to post all about it!). I have two rabbits named Pepper and Clove, here are some photos!

I currently do not have a job, but I have been applying and looking for work for a while. I'm hoping to find one soon, I tend to get a good bit of interviews, but nothing really turns out for me. My last job was very stressful, and many illegal things occurred to me and around me during my time, so maybe this is meant as a time for me to better myself while I look! 

I am into video games, comics, (few) streamers, journaling, pen-paling, and more. I am interested in finding at least one long term pen-pal (another New Year's Resolution!), and have been trying to pick up some hobbies I've always wanted to do. I have a Steam, Origin, and Roblox account if anyone ever wants to play some games! 

I have been trying to get into fashion more lately. I am a heavy set person, and while I do not like how I look, I am attempting to better myself while also learning to love how I look on the way. For me personally, I feel that's the best method for me to lose weight in a mentally healthy way.

I have a special interest in building designs, interior and architecture. Once I feel this is a safe place for me to ramble freely, I may make some posts about it! If you have any questions about renovations, DIY home projects, house safety, etc. I may be able to aid!

🦴 MY GOALS

My main goals, as mentioned before, is to be more social. A bit more into that is that, when I was younger, I was very much into the social media scene. I had my own popular accounts with 20,000+ followers, I was known for my writing skills, and I had many people around me that I thought were friends. Nothing terrible happened online for me, but something personal in my life occurred that made me take a step back from social media. I didn't like myself, the people around me didn't know nor really care for me as a person, and the "fame" made me fish for likes and approval from strangers. Now that I'm older, and have been away from that for a very long time with genuinely loving friends and partner, and a better understanding of who I am, I would like to re-enter a platform that feels fun! I am hoping to not grow in popularity (I'm not exactly sure how one would do so on this website?), but to make more genuine friends and have fun!

I am also really hoping to be more confident. Apart of my social anxiety is confidence; I hope to post photos, videos, and so on to encourage myself to be more out there! All reasonably of course, can't dox myself now. 

🦴 END

If you have made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read my hopefully one of many rambles. If you're interested in sharing some tips for how this platform best works, any information I need to know, maybe how the culture works around here? I'd love to know!

Questions I have:
1. What are Bulletins meant for? Quick posts to delete later, or something else?
2. I see a lot of groups are inactive, is it common to make your own or join inactive and attempt to make active again? 
2.5. A follow up to 2, if neither are the answer, are groups even popular to use? 
3. What's the easiest way to make friends on here?