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I don't really know how to say this. I feel like I have a lot hanging in the balance right now. I can't figure my CB life out. There's too much... I don't feel like I'm really a part of anything anymore. I don't feel like my presence matters. Should I leave? I don't know. It seemis like so many people are floating away, that I can barely keep up with the goodbye threads. Ashlee, Mei, Cho, Brooke, Owlgirl, and Joan: I will miss you all. You are some of my closest friends on here, and I honestly can't imagine the CB without you. I can imagine it without... me.
You see, with high school and homework and living in a school district known for high intensity and stress levels, I don't have very much free time. So, I've been posting less and less. You've all noticed it. Or perhaps you have not, as I didn't post very much to begin with. Actualy, the latter option is more likely. Perhaps it would be better for all concerned if I would stop being a half-CBer, and cease to exist.
But there's something else, too. It's so hard to hold on, to keep afloat, to keep a little piece of the CB for myself. I'm just an unimportant half-CBer that doesn't even post anything meaningful. And I have been losing interest lately. Perhaps I've outgrown the CB.
Perhaps not.
I don't know.
Tell me, only be honest. Is there any use in my staying on? Even if I do, I will join the Weekenders, and my posts will be highly infrequent. But... Would it make sense to do that? Or should I just... go? Follow the crowd? What should I do? I don't know. My life is breaking.
I feel like this thread is small and pointless, compared to all the goodbye threads on here, not being a true goodbye, but simply a plea. But so many times have I stopped myself from posting because I thought what I had to say had no importance... I think I'll post this now. Please don't hate me for it, I don't want to be self-centered. I'd only like to ask.
submitted by Booksy Owly
(September 1, 2016 - 11:43 pm)
(September 1, 2016 - 11:43 pm)
I know what you mean, Booksy Owl, about High School stress, and homework and all that. But I think there is a point to you staying on, if you enjoy it. And you are important! This community wouldn't be the same without you here! We love you, Booksy, please don't leave!
(September 2, 2016 - 9:08 am)
tOp
(September 2, 2016 - 10:42 am)
Booksy if you leave so help me I'll.....
*sighs* booksy if you leave then I guess I'll leave too. There really isn't any point to stay if you're gone. The CB just wouldnt be the same.
Please stay, I don't what I'd do without you.
*gives booksy a desperate hug*
(September 2, 2016 - 12:31 pm)
Booksy if you leave so help me I'll.....
*sighs* booksy if you leave then I guess I'll leave too. There really isn't any point to stay if you're gone. The CB just wouldnt be the same.
Please stay, I don't what I'd do without you.
*gives booksy a desperate hug*
(September 2, 2016 - 12:31 pm)
Oh, Booksy! Don't think you're unimportant! I understand you're stressed by homework and school and stuff, and if you feel you must truly leave, I won't stop you. You decide if you stay on the CB or not, but with so many leaving, I would like it if you stayed. Like everyone on the CB, you're kind and unique. You're you. Everyone leaves the CB at some point, and if this is the time for you, then it's the time for you. But remember this; You're not in-important at all. Nobody is.
(September 2, 2016 - 12:08 pm)
Booksy! Personally, as an extremely selfish person, I want you to stay. I want you to stay because your my friend, because you're sweet, because you're a Jane Austen fangirl. And don't ever think "you don't post anything meaningful." You are kind, you are creative, you are awesome. But, I think, if you feel you need to, that being a weekender would be okay. We'd miss you on the days of the week that you were gone, but if you need to do that for school, do that. You might enjoy the CB more when it isn't taking away from the other things you do. Please don't leave, and if you do, do it because you want to, not because you think you have to. Don't think of the CB as a place where you have to do things, think of the CB as a place you can do things, because you want to. But, back to me being selfish. Please please please don't leave! Remember, a Booksy Owl, in possesion of an awesome personality, must be in want of the CB.
(September 2, 2016 - 12:17 pm)
+1 to this. I have no problem with you becoming a so called "weekender", but I think that leaving altogether would only make the current state of CB worse.
Also, you're awesome! Don't feel underappreciated! Banish the thought from your head! When I think of the chatterbox, you're one of the first people that comes to mind! No way are you unimportant! I'M USING A LOT OF EXCLAMATION POINTS TO SHOW MY DISTRESS!!
(September 3, 2016 - 5:42 am)
Ayyye Booksy.
Yes there is reason for you to stay :)
Even if you don't have the time to post frequently, please don't leave! You are a member of this community, whether or not you have time currently to commit it it.
You don't have to do anything to stay. Take a break. Sort things out. But please know--if you decide to stay, know that l shall be number on on your "Hooray-you-didn't-leave-and-everything-is-now-good-and-jolly-commitee."
:D
You are such a lovely person that l wouldn't want to see you go for the world.
(September 2, 2016 - 12:25 pm)
No, no, no!!!! You cannot leave. I'll miss you too much!!! Especially as it's looking like I'll just be taking a month long hiatus. STAY. RIGHT. WHERE. YOU. ARE.
(September 2, 2016 - 12:27 pm)
Please stay on. I want you here. I know exactly how you feel, because I haven't been posting much either. But know that we still appreciate you.
(September 2, 2016 - 6:13 pm)
Okay, I'm not much for drama and I'm not sure if you're staying or not, but this is probably the last goodbye thing I'm gonna say.
I never said this before, but Booksy, you remind me of thr perfect book character. Like, you're one of the most awesome CBers. You don't watch movies...you're polite...reads classics a lot...and yet you're like a teen!....you just remind me of a main character from a book.
That is all. I as well, I have not been here mich. The lag...the time...I'm trying to write several stories at the same time, strt highschool, continue my blog, etc. I probably won't be pn much either.
(September 2, 2016 - 9:57 pm)
I don't believe you need to worry about being self-centered (and it is not a pointless thread). :) I know the feeling of life-breaking as well, and I've found it comes from the different things I'm attached to demanding conflicting things of me. And it's OK that they do - but to figure out what I really should do, I have to work out exactly how attached I am to each of those things.
If you enjoy the time you spend here, of course you should stay! If you can't throw all of your self into the CB, then ask yourself how much you enjoy the more limited time you spend here. It is a place that we'll all outgrow at some point, sooner or later - and not all of its users are "central" to it. I picture the CB (qua singular "entity") as a sort of big roof that all of us take a part in holding up... it's completely voluntary, and if you think it would be better for you if your strength were lent to something else, the remaining users will keep it balanced, and someday there will be newcomers to help them.
I suspect you are more appreciated and more important to the CB than you may have known; that still doesn't obligate you to stay, just means you're what we call a great person. :D
(September 2, 2016 - 10:00 pm)
Stay, Booksy. Please. I don't know what else to say.
**sniffles**
(September 3, 2016 - 7:13 am)
Don't leave, Booksy! I'm kinda going through the same thing- just remember we're always here to talk to if it'll help lower your stress levels ;) Please don't leave! We would miss you so much!
(September 3, 2016 - 9:49 am)
Uh-uh. Booksy, you may not leave. Today I'm going to make a soapbox thread about this -- I hope people stop leaving. So, I'm going to get my signature teal ducktape and tape you to this website so you can't leave.
(September 3, 2016 - 12:26 pm)