Life Update - Mental Health + Fully Vaccinated + Website Progress

 Hello Wizards!

I hope all of you have been doing well. This week has been something else. I've been working on my new website and noticed a few things that we'll shortly talk about. But for now, let's talk about my mental health & my recent 2nd COVID vaccine.

My mental health as of late has been great. I've been balancing everything out where I don't get too stressed about something - such as building an entirely new website. As crazy as it sounds, I'm really not as stressed as I would've been if I decided to build it last year instead of this year. I did, however, have a slowdown due to my 2nd COVID vaccine. I had a few side effects that made me very tired yesterday & today - so I didn't get as much work as I wanted to get done. That's okay though. We still have a good month to go (I'm not counting the past few days - hehe). 

One thing I want to bring to the community is to bring in a new way of finding what you're looking for a lot easier. There is so much work to do and there's no way I'll be able to release all of it at once since it's a one-man type of project at the moment. With your help and inspiration, I'll be able to build Visions into something very special. This new site isn't about me - it will be about us. It's going to be fun to see your reaction to this crazy, but also, awesome, project! 

This is my step forward into bigger and better things. I've had most of these ideas for at least 10 years for Around The Spiral, but was never able to implement them due to lack of confidence and resources.. that is, until now. It sure is going to be fun helping as many wizards as possible, while also showing the beauty of each game. I hope you'll join me on that. 

To end, I want to let everyone know that my wizard, Edward Lifegem, will never attend an event unless it's thrown by a trusted, respectful, and overall, respected community member. You can see my wizard's style by clicking on the about me page (or viewing the new site when it's release). Anyway, thank you all for reading this blog post. I'll update you on my progress as we near the release of the new website. Thank you for your support, and until next time, I'll see you around the spiral.

Life Update: Vaccination, The Beach & A New Website

 Hello Wizards!

I know, two blog posts in a row aren't too common around these parts anymore, but today I wanted to make another life update post. Gosh, let me tell you I've never been so busy in my life! I've mostly been busy working on the new site, Visions of the Spiral. But before we get into that, let's talk about my life offline.

Over the past several months, I've been busy preparing for many offline activities. One thing I had to do in recent weeks was getting my Moderna COVID Vaccine. I had to wake up very early in the morning and drive out of town to get this vaccine. People from all over my state were there to get this same vaccine. It was awesome hearing where everyone was from. 

There were actually two reasons I got this vaccine. The first reason was to prevent me from spreading this horrific disease to anyone with underlying conditions, such as my parents. It's important that we all get it to help those who at a very high risk of getting it. Second, I am going to the beach for the first time in my life. That means traveling, so I want to be able to get to where I am going without any issue. I'll be on the beach for a good 5 days. This is a much-needed vacation - and will happen after the release of Visions of the Spiral. 

Outside of this news, I also came out to all of my friends and family. It was such a great feeling to finally be myself after all of these years of not being myself. All of my loved ones accepted me for who I am. It's just a small part of who I am, but I am happy that everyone finally knows every part of who I am. The community has also been quite accepting towards me and that truly means the world to me. Mentally, I am much better than I have been in at least a decade. :)

Being mentally stable has allowed me to do things I've wanted to do for a very long time. That includes building a new website for the community. I've been quite busy over these past several months researching, taking screenshots, and editing many videos. I could say I've already taken at least 500 screenshots & hundreds of different videos. There's no need to go into too much detail about it, but it sure is nice to work towards something I believe will benefit some in the community.

My main goal for this new website is to help new players. The first part of the release will have quite a bit of attention on the first & second arc worlds. As the community tests out the new website, if everyone truly likes it, we'll release a second, third, and fourth large update to the website. This website will be a 2021 themed site. That means screenshots & videos will be a massive part of what makes Visions, Visions. 

There is so much I'd like to share with you, but I want to keep most of it a surprise. This will be work to keep this website up-to-date, but it'll all make up if even one person is happy with the website. Speaking of which, I really should get back to working on it. Thank you all so much for your support and for reading this blog post. Until next time, I will see you around the spiral. 

Fansite Festival Bunny Run - Saturday, April 17th

 Hello Wizards!

Wait a minute, what in the world is going on here?! A new blog post on Around The Spiral for the first time in months... Today, I'm proud to announce that I'll be hosting an in-game event for this year's Fansite Festival. What type of event? Well... one with bunnies. One where we run.... Hmmm. 

That's right. Out of popular demand, and a change of mind, we will be hosting Bunny Run 2021. I am very thankful to all of the great people that put together the Fansite Festival together each year and especially thankful that I get to host an event with them. Here are some more important details about when our event will take place.

When

Saturday, April 17th @ 12pm Central / 1pm Eastern

Where

The Commons, Greyrose Realm - All Areas

(Run Path Announced On Stream)

Bring

Bunny Mounts + Spring-Themed Colored Gear / Items

Stream

www.twitch.tv/spiralvision

Everyone is welcome to attend this in-game event. If you do attend, please remember to keep it family-friendly. I'll be streaming this in-game event for more information. Thanks to the awesome Fansite Festival Staff & Kingsisle, we will also be having giveaways. Those will be announced on the stream. We hope to see you there! Spread the word to your friends. 

Thanks again to Fansite Festival and be sure to check out ALL of the other special in-game events for Wizard101 & Pirate101 by following Fansite Festival on Twitter - I've provided a direct link down below. Fansite Festival will take place on Saturday, April 17th & Sunday, April 18th, 2021. 

https://twitter.com/FansiteFest