So, my return in October was the byproduct of hypomania. It sucks to come to that conclusion but I believe it to be correct. Most of you know I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder during the pandemic and the past five years or so has been a constant battle, maneuvering and regrouping, to try to live a normal life.
That's meant giving up on some ambitions and long-term hopes in the name of stability. One of my more recent findings was that I'm holding onto hobbies for far too long, out of some sense of obligation or sunk cost, I don't know which. But it's been a constant thing, to not want to let past hobbies just be things I used to do. I've tried to hold on to all of them and keep them all moving forward forever, and it's just exhausting. I think it's healthiest for me if this was one of those things I used to do.
I'm proud of all of you and the growth of the site over the last 14 or so years. I appreciate getting to be a part of it.
My plan for this is to move to adjunct staff while I still own scpwiki.com, and figure out a number of details related to things I'm running or operating for the wiki. I will admit, part of this is financially motivated. I spend a couple thousand dollars a year on the combination of the wiki and the Wikijump project and I frankly need to cut my costs. There's not going to be a deadline or drop-dead date for this transition. Any progress will help. I haven't decided whether I want to move to a full retirement after that transition is handled, I suspect it will depend on the amount of interaction I have with people in the meantime. I hold no ill will towards the wiki and if push came to shove, I would move to act if things needed to be done urgently. But I just have no interest in the day-to-day at this point, and an administrator shouldn't really feel that way.
That's all for now, it's been more good times than bad. Thanks for that.