23 Things from a now 23-year-old

02 Mar, 2026

✦ March 1.

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today i turn 23! or maybe it's more accurate to say i turned 23 yesterday depending on if im able to publish this on time.

at the time of writing this... it is 10:58 p.m. est LOL

so to reflect on living (and to make a post), here below is 23 things i've learned over the 23 years i've existed on this planet!

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never format blog posts on my phone.
it's really just a pain in the ass
don't get injured and into legal trouble at the same time.
if anything, this is more related to my real life job rather than vtubing, i've seen the paperwork involved... it's good to take care of your health now rather than uh. later.
life is too short, kill the part of you that cringes at things.
hey, if you think about it, i could be already at the halfway point of my life; it's really time to embrace what middle school me loves (hetalia and mlp...)... i'll get art of me kissing that anime boy i don't care and neither should anyone else
listen to your mom. i'm not sure about others, but despite not being a meteorologist, my mama is right about bringing that jacket
never make any lists.
like seriously, what even is this post anyways?
you need to get that trip out of the gc.
ok, basic internet safety aside, i probably wouldn't have met the most awesome people ever in my (relatively new) adult life that i spend every night in vc with... i love my friends.
go on a solo date if it's possible.
*it's mainly because i personally have the means to and i thankfully live in a city where there's always something happening, but i highly recommend going out and eating alone if you have the chance. you also get the chance to explore new places and maybe even more about yourself as you go out!
remember to do your dailies
so guess who hasn't done that yet
you don't need to be out of your comfort zone to make friends.
i fear this is another super-duper-ultra specific one for me, but i learned the longest friendships i have is because they all know i'm some kind of Freak. i find that whenever i do have to be uncomfortable just to be friends with someone, it's the kind of friendship that at most, lasts like 2 weeks. it's a friendship, not some kind of job interview.
make that side account
this one is for the super online/organization freak-a-zoids like me out there, but make that side account. i personally like it when my interests all have different accounts; it feels more organized, i can find and interact with like-minded people and not all of my interests are similar to each other - hell i even have a priv account.
turn off every possible team interaction setting in quick-play modes in any competitive game
i have it off because i'm a streamer and more often than not, i would play competitive games with friends over discord, rendering team voicechats/chats off all the time - although it's so funny (and shocking) to hear blatantly bigoted people play a quick game over voice, your life will improve tenfold if you don't hear it; it's just a game with nothing on the line anyways
stop adding games to your backlog
i'm cursed with the i-buy-games-because-it-might-look-cool-for-content-itis that most streamers might have, so now i have a bajillion different games on my steam library i need to play
get your nails done !!
man, woman, child, i don't care (within reason) but find a way to express and experiment with style! my personal choice is nails - i love getting my nails done; whether it is a full set of extensions or pressons. i like the feeling because it feels like i'm a knight donning on armour for battle - super cute and practical btw!
get into journalling
and by extension, blogging? i personally enjoy scrapbooking and collecting stickers/stationery in general.. i finally have a use for my out-of-control spending habits lol
it's ok to give up sometimes
me personally, i just recognize my limits... also i'm very much a 'glass-half-empty' kind of person.
send that supachat!
within reason obviously - if it isn't that obvious, i'm a vtuber fan first before i am a vtuber and just recently i sent a supachat to my own oshi. i don't have the expectation that they will read it outloud on stream/acknowledge it but maybe i just like giving things to people lol
pythagorean theorem
i never said i knew what it is, but i definitely learned it in school lol
life is beautiful when the sun sets after 6 p.m.
maybe it's because i live in the north and maybe it's because of winter, the sun sets at 4 p.m., but i honestly feel so much happier whenever i can still see the sun after i step outside of my office building at the end of a work day
oshikatsu is power
yeah! take that little doll or acrylic stand outside! take silly photos of your oshis in public! kill the part of you that cringes at your own interests!!
read yaoi on company time
unironically my boss makes a dollar while i make a dime so i'm reading yaoi on company time. (i'm actually quite diligent with my work and i say this for funsies but i feel like people overlook yaoi and by extension yuri and other similar works under the 'this is just porn' lens when in reality the most gut wrenching piece of media i have ever seen in my entire life would be omegaverse yaoi.)
get that aquarium widget on your phone
mine is so cute there's just jellyfish floating around whenever i open my phone
remember to record things on time
*unless you're like me and forget to have a song cover completed within the year. i constantly keep forgetting to do so and quite frankly, whenever i do have one, i always end up wanting to rerecord everything because i hate how i sounded - tbh. this twenty-second point could've been "get over hating your own voice"
hit that "start stream button"
not to get sappy and all, but if i didn't become a vtuber nearly 4 years ago, i really wouldn't have met the friends i have now much less probably lived long enough to even make this post. i'm really and truly thankful for the people i've met these past four years who i've spent so many laughs and treasured memories with; if i had the chance to redo my choices in life, i would definitely always pick that streaming button.

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this list was honestly made with shits and giggles in mind, but i know there's so much more growing to do. for now, i'll leave it on this odd number and maybe next year i'll have a more cohesive and awesome list to learn and grow from - for now, i'll focus on just living.

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