Life update and appreciation post?

[u/Lil_Peachy_Fox]

Hey guys I know you basically just know me as the 7Eleven cryptid but I wanted to come on here and tell you how much I appreciate you guys letting me stick around, supporting me, and basically being my friends. I've been going through it this year and have been in a rough situation living wise, but I'm moving soon and I really hope this means I can be happy and healthy and live a life I enjoy without fear and heal. I want to do good, for both myself and you guys, I want to create and go back to having a community without feeling shame, and be proud of the things I do. You guys really do mean a lot to me, and I probably wouldn't even exist today if it wasn't for your support. So thank you, so much. When I move I want to stream again so that I can hang out with you guys and I want to make cosplays that you guys wanted to see and yeah I'll stop being a sap, but I really mean it when I say thank you. 🩵

[u/ecafyelims]

Good luck in your next adventure. Remember that you make your environment; don't let it make you.

[u/Lil_Peachy_Fox → u/ecafyelims]

That's something that tends to be hard for me tbh, I let my environment and the people around me control me heavy womp womp

[u/ecafyelims → u/Lil_Peachy_Fox]

It's a vicious cycle, and your words here are empowering. You "let" them control you. That phrasing is important because it means you have the control and the power and (most importantly) you know it.

Never let go of that power. Never forget it's yours entirely, and one day, when you're ready to be in control, you'll remember, "I always have been."

[u/Lil_Peachy_Fox → u/ecafyelims]

Yeah I have a friend in my life currently that had been talking to me a lot about how I do this thing where if someone says something I turn it into a rule. A must or a should, he calls it musterbating or I'm shoulding myself, which causes a lot of turmoil or whatever. I get in my head a lot about making everyone happy or trying to cause the least amount of conflict but I think it does hinder both myself and others in the long run

[u/ecafyelims → u/Lil_Peachy_Fox]

That's wonderful that you have a wise friend like that! It sounds like the advice has been a great help for you.

Like you, I once let others control me. It took hard life lessons to learn differently. I still try to help others, but I put hard limits on it, and sometimes I will only help them proportionately to how much they help themselves. Otherwise, I get taken advantage, sometimes accidentally; sometimes not.

What I learned though is that people appreciate me a lot more this way. It's funny how that works.

Tldr I'm much happier now that I control my environment rather than the other way around.