An interesting little “fairytale” brought to you right in the middle of an ordinary life. I have enjoyed my Second Life during the course of things. I have been fortunate enough to be so many things in my Second Life. Things like an aspiring model, a model student, blogger, blog manager, COO of a fashion agency,fashion show script writer, fashion show producer, model instructor, magazine founder, magazine CEO, surfer, art enthusiast, dreamer, and, mostly (hopefully), friend. It is the title of friend that I am most honored to hold and the one I hope most to continue forward with.
While I have enjoyed myself throughout these adventures, I am mostly resigned from these pursuits in SL. I do hope to continue with the friend position though. It is this position that is the most meaningful and most precious to me both in RL as well as in SL.
During the course of the past few months I have begun to end most of the “professional/job style” pursuits in SL. For a brief period, I also edited my privacy settings so my friends would not be able to see me coming and going online. That has since been restored as I am open to chatting with friends again – even that was difficult for me for a while. Hopefully, no offense was taken during this period of time as none was meant. I did not intend to “creep” on anyone to see when they were online while I hid out behind my privacy settings. I simply was coming in world to check messages, follow up with people when necessary, and visit with my partner for whatever short periods were possible here and there. For those friends that know me, they were aware that I was going through a difficult period in my RL and that I just needed some time to shut the world out while getting myself back on track. I have lost one friend who was dear to me during this process.
I am back in Second Life from time to time, though for far less periods of time than I was before. I do still keep a Google calendar to help organize commitments in my life, however, there are no longer many SL entries on that calendar – mostly just for when “rent” is due or a musical friend is singing or close friends are having a get together. This, I have learned, has been an extremely good thing for me. I spend far less time concerned about what I should be doing in SL and far more time enjoying time in my RL. I recall, not so very long ago, when I thought this type of change in me would be painful and feel like I was withdrawing from life. It’s been surprising to me, however, to realize how much RL has become far more enjoyable as SL has slipped away. SL is still something I enjoy using as an escape for a little fun right from the comfort of my home. It’s just no longer a replacement for what I could be experiencing in RL anymore.
There are things I do miss about it all.
That being said, take care and have a Happy Valentine’s Day!
Emma
