[ SECRET POST #4224 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4224 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Join a site to get friends. meetup.com is good. Check your local library. Check your local newspaper. Join a book club or movie club to combine your interests.

[(Anonymous)]

If you don’t know what “start living life” means to you, you’re not gonna get far in doing it until you figure out what you want to do that you’re not doing now—aside from make (more?) rl friends which it sounds like you want to do. I’m bad at it myself, but try meetup.com or local noticeboards and stuff. And you don’t have to give up online fandom unless you want to. Good luck.

[(Anonymous)]

this.

I mean, as I aged I found that going back to things I loved when I was a kid (bird watching, stargazing, hiking) was a good fallback when I decided I needed to put fandom on the backburner a bit. But if you don't have that, if fandom is all you've ever had, it can be a lot harder to find out what you're interested in and what will give you that sense of fulfillment you're looking for.

[(Anonymous)]

Ehhh well if you find a D&D group and play in person, that's real life. And fandom. If you go to a con, that's real life. And fandom. If you go to a concert of your favorite band or go to watch a movie with people, that's real life and fandom. Most people are fans of the hobbies they like to enjoy in person

IA with above anon, it sounds like working out what exactly you're seeking that you currently feel you don't have would help

[greghousesgf]

Fandom is life!

[(Anonymous)]

You can be in fandom and "life your life"

[(Anonymous)]

This is a really interesting thing to me because fandom was one the big factors in my life which made me get out there and do things. I started travelling to London to watch TV show filmings of shows I loved and see/meet people I fangirled over and it was amazing. I started meeting up with groups from communities I joined on Livejournal IRL.

Now I can do ANYTHING on my own. I've been travelling to the other side of the world alone. And fandom was where it started. Plus, I've never let fandom go. So maybe this is something to consider:-) xxx Maybe start meeting online fandom friends and get out there, go to cons etc.

[(Anonymous)]

you definitely don't have to 'choose'. you can continue holding onto the railing that is fandom for a couple hours every night while you venture out into maybe, experimenting with local meet-ups in the day.
I first broke out into socializing via furmeets (yea) in my area, where i could just go with a pencil and a single friend and see who gravitates to me and who i gravitate to. I've made all my friends-- even my current roommates-- through fandom antics, furry and shippy. I don't know how else I'd make friends with my own interests who I actually like talking to. You don't even really want friends who you CAN'T sit around and babble with about your hobby, is my opinion. It's honestly not a waste at all that you've cultivated a hobby in your life-- many adults have not even managed that and are both lonely and bored with no passion and no way to entertain themselves alone. It's extremely good and vital TO your social life that you HAVE things you love, like fandom! The idea that fandom makes you a social blight is totally wrong. My friends and I all table at cons and discuss things as creatives and equals-- including the ones who don't really draw/create but enjoy and vibe with creatives. It's okay to hold onto your railing, anon! I promise! You don't need to jump into the abyss, having a lifeline to come back to after blunders or during early steps is only good for you.