Back in the saddle again...
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,435
Back in the saddle again...
I'm back!
I had a wonderful break, playing music, seeing old friends, and sleeping in.
Some of you asked for the 'real story'. There is no secret story
I love playing music, and I love being on SR - but both were starting to wear on me in different ways.
I realise now that you need to relax - even when your 'jobs' are things you love.
It was that old driving myself too hard, personal expectations too high, too much of myself given away, little things niggling at me way out of proportion - the sorts of things I used to drink and drug over.
I'm sorry if I upset anyone by leaving suddenly - but this was about me - definitely not anyone else or anyone's post or PM or anything like that
It's still hard to do, but I needed to put myself first - and I knew any advance notice, and my sense of duty, would lead me to faithfully answer every PM or post before I left....
I've tried that before - it doesn't work.
For the same reason I haven't logged on either.
I knew you guys were in good hands.
I know some of you were concerned I may have 'gone out' back to drink or drugs - I didn't
After 10 years of recommending people do the same, I'd like to think I'd be honest enough to admit it here if I had.
I sorted a lot of things out and I adjusted my priorities and my expectations.
I feel much the better, and lighter, for it and I hope that will be reflected in my posts and work here.
But now...back to work...thanks very much to the Admins mods and greeters who helped out here in Newcomers and elsewhere.
I have a literal mountain of stuff to catch up on but I look forward to catching up with old friends - and meeting new ones
D
I had a wonderful break, playing music, seeing old friends, and sleeping in.
Some of you asked for the 'real story'. There is no secret story
I love playing music, and I love being on SR - but both were starting to wear on me in different ways.
I realise now that you need to relax - even when your 'jobs' are things you love.
It was that old driving myself too hard, personal expectations too high, too much of myself given away, little things niggling at me way out of proportion - the sorts of things I used to drink and drug over.
I'm sorry if I upset anyone by leaving suddenly - but this was about me - definitely not anyone else or anyone's post or PM or anything like that
It's still hard to do, but I needed to put myself first - and I knew any advance notice, and my sense of duty, would lead me to faithfully answer every PM or post before I left....
I've tried that before - it doesn't work.
For the same reason I haven't logged on either.
I knew you guys were in good hands.
I know some of you were concerned I may have 'gone out' back to drink or drugs - I didn't
After 10 years of recommending people do the same, I'd like to think I'd be honest enough to admit it here if I had.
I sorted a lot of things out and I adjusted my priorities and my expectations.
I feel much the better, and lighter, for it and I hope that will be reflected in my posts and work here.
But now...back to work...thanks very much to the Admins mods and greeters who helped out here in Newcomers and elsewhere.
I have a literal mountain of stuff to catch up on but I look forward to catching up with old friends - and meeting new ones
D
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Dancing in the Light
Posts: 61,502
We missed you a lot. 
I am so happy and feel such peace with your decision to take a break when I see you return feeling so good about your life. You have many gifts in your life, Dee and I am so grateful that you share them with us.
I am so happy and feel such peace with your decision to take a break when I see you return feeling so good about your life. You have many gifts in your life, Dee and I am so grateful that you share them with us.
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