Katrina offers a welcoming smile; tucking away paper and pen to address her visitors. "Hi! I see you've dropped in to listen a bit." For a moment, she looks off to the side. She clears her throat; and then returns her attention. "This is my first time doing something like this, so please excuse me if I wind up wandering off track." she sheepishly admits.
"So! This is The Catmin's Corner, and I'm Katrina. For the most part, my two central hobbies revolve around roleplaying - and playing City of Heroes. This blog is a place for me to talk about those things, and hope people like you might find a little entertainment in reading about them." A small grin crosses her lips, and then she shakes her head with a soft laugh. "Which will be my very first topic, in fact: Why I'm doing this."
For a moment, she purses her lips - collecting her thoughts before she continues. "Anyway... We all hit that time when our usual delights just aren't enough anymore. We become bored with them, and we aren't always certain why. Sometimes, we set out to meet new people for a change of scenery. Others, we pick up new hobbies - or return to old ones for a while, until our interest comes back." She breathes a sigh as weary as the small smile that follows it. "Burnout isn't fun for anyone; and this is what brings me here - doing something as crazy as I am. I felt like maybe I wasn't putting enough into my RP - and I was having a hard time getting into any of my beloved characters. For a little while, I thought maybe I just needed some new partners - some new angles to play from and with, maybe. It helped; but it didn't fix the fact that I still felt like I just wasn't doing enough."
"I needed something else. Something to do while I was RPing to keep me from sinking into boredom between posts ." She chuckles; tapping the tip of her nose. "What? I like big posts. Some people like small ones. Some like them simple. Some like them fancy. And, naturally, some take more time from both partners to make than others do. But this is something I'd like to talk about later - differences in style." She leans back, then, shaking her head once more to bring herself back on track. "As I was saying, though - I needed something else. So, I decided to try... well... this! It's too early to tell if it's going to do the trick; but maybe it will be a lot of fun in its own right. That's enough to ask, isn't it? "
"So! Burnout. I think we're all in agreement that it's an awful experience for anyone - but it's not such a big thing as we make it out to be. In the sixteen years I've been roleplaying, I've taken a lot of breaks; some short, some long. Just to... clear my head and reset my interest, I guess. And, really, that's so much better than the alternative: sticking to it, regardless, and hurting yourself and your partners as you try and do something you aren't really enjoying." Katrina taps the tip of her nose once more; offering a knowing grin. "Just... let people know when you're going to be taking a break for a while. Nobody likes wondering where their favorite partner or good friend ran off to - and you'd better believe at least *someone* is going to miss you dearly. So, do them that favor, and you're much more likely to have many more good times to return to when you've gotten over your slump."
She falls silent for a few moments; closing her eyes and rolling her lip against her teeth while she searches her thoughts for anything else to add. In the end, however, she simply opens her eyes and shrugs - parting with that sheepish expression once more. "I guess that's all I really had to say, this time. Something nice and simple to open this thing up with. Let me know what you thought - or share your own experiences! Just take care until next time, okay?"
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