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[Neo Emolga]

I actually tend to sleep pretty well through storms. I think we had one Friday night and I never knew about it until my sister and brother mentioned it.

Funny how storms are perfectly fine, but snoring will easily kill a good night's sleep for me.

[Caite-chan]

I think my problem is I worry about what COULD happen and knowing I have no control over it.

[Neo Emolga]

I think my problem is I worry about what COULD happen and knowing I have no control over it.

Well, that's with a lot of things in life. Best thing you can do is just keep on living and enjoying life and not let all those worst case scenarios ruin a good time.

[Dennis Jansen]

Hellooooo~

Im at School being on PXR instead of doing schoolwork agian XD

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Hellooooo~

Im at School being on PXR instead of doing schoolwork agian XD

Haha, that's what I do too. I hate to think what I could have done if I spent all my time studying instead of being on PXR. :(

[Neo Emolga]

Haha, that's what I do too. I hate to think what I could have done if I spent all my time studying instead of being on PXR. :(

I once felt that way, and then I remembered how much I like this community and how it has helped me become a better person while amping my creativity as opposed to obsessing over school work. Sure, it's important to put school first, but there should be time to relax and enjoy life also.

Remember that there's always someone out there who is happy to have you around, and we definitely feel that way about you. No textbook or pile of papers can ever feel that way about a person, but we all certainly can.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Good points Neo. I'm sure I've learned a lot from being part of a community like this the I never would have gotten from schoolwork. And met hundreds of awesome people as well! :D

I have to go to a conference in a couple of weeks. I applied to present a poster on my research but they gave me a talk as well. ;_; I hate public speaking! But I am having fun designing the poster. Research posted are usually pretty boring so I am trying to make mine look nice and interesting. I can thank PE2K for getting me interested in graphic design and such as well. It's pretty awesome when one of your hobbies becomes useful at school/work. :D

[Neo Emolga]

It may sound silly, but I can easily say PE2K has helped me a lot. RPing and fan fic writing has made writing college essays EASY considering all that writing has helped me learn and use a whole spectrum of vocabulary words and writing methods to make an ordinarily boring subject much more interesting to read. Writing that Pokémon fan fiction, Trial of Juno, took 500+ pages, single spaced, so an essay assignment of writing just 10 or so double-spaced pages was laughably easy as cheese. In fact, the only real thing that slowed me down was having to do research, find references, and cite sources. The actual writing part was a breeze.

Also, when I first came to PE2K, my graphic art skills were garbage. Really, they were. Time, practice, and dedication to get better like the creations of other people I came across helped me improve my skills, and yes, I used those same skills to create nice graphics and quality presentations for my grad school classes. It made boring Powerpoints have a lot more quality to them and made getting A's easy. I'm sure some day I'm going to need to make office presentations, and yes, I'm very confident graphic and presentation skills are going to help a lot. It's WAY easier to present something that you feel good about how you created it than sheepishly stepping up to the podium worrying how people might think of it!

This community has also made me a bit more social. Before, my gosh, I was such an introverted loner. Almost to the point of being scary! You guys helped me step out of my shell, express myself, share feelings and experiences, and generally made it easier to talk to people. And so I found this was the case with people in real life, so usually all it takes is just a little stepping forward and sharing your feelings and thoughts with other people and asking for their insight. You guys have also showed me that adding in a little dash of humor here and there makes it MANY times easier for other people to open up to you and feel safe about sharing their experiences.

TL:DR - Time spent being a part of this community was NOT wasted. Quite the contrary. :)

[Rival Max]

Joining an online community so late was strange for me. All of my social cues were already established. In a way i haven't changed much since joining. However in some areas i can see a difference. I can tell my confidence in drawing and lettings others see has changed a lot.

[Neo Emolga]

My first forum experience was on CNET, and that only lasted about a month. The area I focused on was just for video games, but it turned out to be more of a rant cesspool than a community with any connection. Easy to see why I didn't stay there too long.