Trilogy (Part 3): Transition and Treasure
📝 Journal 3: On chapters of uncertainties & possibilities. A trilogy posts.
Welcome again folks, I’m glad you’re here. This is the final entry in the introspection-trilogy series. I’d suggest reading the first & the second journals before continuing here to fully understand the context.
This journal is about transitioning my writings & also the overall recap to my previous entries.
1) Treasuring My Readers.
By any chance you’ve landed on this post, I believe you are among of these readers:
1.1) Mini-Blog Subscribers.
Though a small group, you're special! Because my dragon, Drafyre, delivers these posts directly to you. You'll get first drafts of my unedited thought process. One day, I may unpublish everything online, but you'll still have my writings in your inbox :) That also says, I write my posts organically to keep them raw & authentic.
1.2) Instagram (Story & Grid viewers).
This is the biggest pool. I usually share my posts via story highlights, reaching about 20% followers. No one knows I posted a new entry if they didn’t see my stories, because I post on my grids only once or twice a month.
Because of how Instagram mismanaged their algorithms, story viewers & grid viewers often don’t overlap. Unless my dragon is in your Favorites, or you’ve engaged to any of my posts before, it’ll most likely shows up more on your feed. That happens to me.
At the end of the day, good posts will find their tribe. I learned this the hard way—thanks to a DM from a longtime follower who’s been around since my old-blog days, more than a decade ago.
2) Transitioning My Writings.
First of all, thank you. No matter where you’re reading from or which category you fall into, the fact that you're still here across different spaces & platforms means a lot to me. Now, a quick recap of each from my previous entries:
Trilogy (Part 1): In Pursuit of Introspection.
This first post was an intro, a little experiment in new writing styles, platform branching & a recap of 2024 from my hobby cave. I’d also like to post more long-forms. It’ll benefits us both: you as a reader reading, creates better & longer attention spans which is good for your brain. From my end, I get to practice my writing skills with fewer distractions.
You may or may have not noticed: in this virtual space, I’ve never revealed my real identity. This Journal series is probably the closest I’ve ever gotten. And yet, here we are, nearly 1.5k in the hobby cave, a mix of real-life & virtual folks from all over the world (I’ve purged the army-bots).
Despite our differences — nation, race, beliefs, age, gender, background, the ONE BIG thing that connects us in that dragon cave is our shared hobbies & interests.
And maybe that’s worth reflecting on.
Trilogy (Part 2): Rivalling With Reflection.
In this second post, I explored what terrifies me about the online world & some real-life stressors. This is where I dive deeper: analyzing what happened, identifying the triggers & figuring out what’s next.
I also touched about the collapse of real-human connections while tech keeps evolving, & how some fictional dystopias we read, watch, or play are quietly becoming our reality. The lines are blurry & getting scarier. At this point, my brain wasn’t just reflecting. It was rivaling with itself, struggling to process a truth that’s hard to accept.
Trilogy (Part 3): Transition and Treasure.
Now we’ve reached the final entry to this trilogy post.
When I wrapped up my 2024 journey in the hobby cave, I was genuinely amazed by the long list of experiences. Heading into 2025 felt exciting that I even made another long list on my story highlight, full of anticipation.
Unfortunately this time, the excitement didn’t last. While I was caught in internal rivalry, my mind became clouded with fear, sadness, madness, all tangled into one. Too much emotions to unpack into a story highlight or grid post, it needed space, a journal series.
I truly enjoyed spending 2024 in the hobby cave, where I get to escape real-life with unexpected hauls, mission-complete moments, side quests in grid-post series, many story bubbles updates & exchanging thoughts with amazing community.
But in the second half of 2024, my real-life hit hard. It started to bleed into my happy virtual space — the mess, the struggles, the battles. No matter how much I tried or how much effort I gave, it felt like real-life was going against me. I felt unappreciated, misunderstood, invisible… & honestly, useless.
“How are you?” became the hardest question to answer without tugging at all the emotions buried deep inside, where dodging bullets seemed easier. I couldn't articulate my thoughts.
I didn’t mention this in my first Journal, because that’s what social media is about, right? Only the good, the shiny, the fake & the glorious.
To keep it short, there was a lot of crying in the second half of 2024 & still ongoing as we are heading into beginning of 2025. The transition feels as cloudy — no silver lining, no sugar-coating.
So what does this all means?
I can feel that something’s about to change, both in my real & virtual life. My brain has been so loud lately & my instincts are usually right. I don’t know the specifics, but it’s just a matter of time. Timing, as always, is a bitch.
If you’re reading this trilogy, you might think this is a farewell from Figu & her dragon — you’re right. That was my initial intention, & not just in virtual life, but in real life too. It’s a partial farewell. Hanging by a thread, just surviving.
The first question I asked in my first Journal: Am I nearer to the beginning or the end? Is it even worth it?
Introspection. Reflection. Transition.
I hope 2025 brings more entries that I can treasure. No matter who or where you are, I wish you well on your life’s journey.
Thanks again, for reading my posts.
