My post break-up spiral seems to finally be leveling out. In the past few days I spent less time staring at the ceiling and more actually doing stuff. I got back in my rhythm working out, even took a few long walks. I worked more on my sewing projects (not done yet, but almost!), dove back into developing Staigdig and Pax Magenta and FINALLY started sorting out my digital chaos.

On that note, I'm back on social media. But on my own terms. So here's what I got:

• the blog is still my main home on the internet. I will continue to post here and they to make it pretty and fun, might change the structure a bit. I read somewhere that a a blog is like a garden, you have to constantly tend to it and the work is never done. And that's so true. I will keep tending to it.
• and if the blog is a garden, then the fertilizer comes from shit post central, tumblr. That's my main social media that I actually use. I'm @charoncat on there. There's no rhyme or reason to my tumblr blog. And I like it that way. I sometimes just feel the need to shitpost or enjoy shitposts and that's fine. When I work on thigs I feel the need to upload small jokes or progress posts without worrying about formatting or a cohesive post. But I will use those bits to make the more cohesive posts here on the blogs once the projects are done or in an update worthy state.
• instagram: I have it. I lurk on it. I don't post. There's a lot of artists that I follow on there so I get on, like their stuff and get out. Maybe from time to time I'll use the story feature to post. But the main grid is exactly 12 old photos that I don't plan to replace.
• facebook: I struggled so much with what to do do with this plague. I hate it but it's the only place where I can keep up with local stuff cause that's the only place they use. I mainly use it to look up events and to interact in a few groups. I went to the trouble of deep cleaning it. Like really deep. I didn't just delete all my post but I went in the activity center and cleaned up all my past activity, I have no friends on there at the moment. I might add some from the groups and such but I don't plan on doing the whole "add family and old classmates" thing on it. I don't need to see everyone's baby and AI slop. I might add people from the groups I'm in and maybe MAYBE I will post if it's relevant to do so. But most likely I will keep it to the stories. (its synced with insta so I guess it's the same shit).
• discord: I'm still poking it with a stick and running away to hide. I got it so I can join some servers but OMG it moves so fast. Still not used to it. But I'm gonna try to use it more. I'm @charoncat on there too if anyone wants to message.
• cara: I'm migrating it to the blog so that's not relevant anymore.
• I also have mastodon, bluesky and threads (I think) but I sorta made the accounts, played a around a little bit and never ever go there.

Alright, this is all I have. I debated writing up a little update about the projects but if I keep it up there's gonna be their own posts soon so that's just redundant.

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