"MANIFESTO"

MANIFESTO (IN THE PARTICULAR CONTEXT OF A NEOCITIES PAGE); A DECLARATION OUTLINING THE INTENTIONS, GOALS, PRINCIPLES, AND VALUES OF A WEBSITE OR IT'S MASTER. IN SIMPLER TERMS, GET TO KNOW WHY THIS PLACE EXISTS AND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE WEBMASTER.

LAST UPDATED: 2/27/25

INTRODUCTION

I CAME TO NEOCITIES ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO IN HOPES OF ESCAPING A RATHER EMBARASSINGLY LONG BATTLE WITH MY MENTAL HEALTH AND PERSONAL VICES. I HAD FELT MYSELF BEGIN TO WAX EMOTIONAL AND CREATIVE STAGNANCE AT BEST, WHICH TERRIFIED ME AS IT HAD BEEN MY ONLY STABLE AND HEALTHY OUTLET FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE. ANGER HAD TURNED INTO EXHAUSTION, SADNESS HAD TURNED INTO A SICKLY NUMB FEELING, AND JOY WAS ONLY EVER ROOTED IN DESPERATE MANIA AS A RESULT OF MY OTHERWISE MORIBUND LIFESTYLE. MY COMFORT IN TECHNOLOGY AND CREATION HAD BURNED STRONG BEFORE, SO I RELIT THAT FIRE AND FOUND A SENSE OF SELF IN SOME STRANGE PSYCHOSEXUAL OBSESSION WITH COMPUTERS AND THE INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF TIME AND SPACE. TO PUT IT IN A RATHER DRAMATIC FORM OF WORDS, I WAS REBORN AND ACTIVELY CREATING LIFE AS I SHED MY COLD SKINS OF THE PAST. THUS FAR IT HAS BEEN AN EXHILARATING EXPERIENCE AND I HAVE COME TO LEARN MORE THAN I EXPECTED BOTH ABOUT MY NEWFOUND HOBBIES AND ABOUT MYSELF.

RUNNING A WEBSITE RATHER THAN TRYING TO PUSH MYSELF OUT ON PLATFORMS SUCH AS INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER HAS GIVEN ME OPPORTUNITY TO REDISCOVER LOST PASSIONS AND LEARN PATIENCE REALLY TRULY IS VIRTUOUS. INSTEAD OF MINDLESSLY SCROLLING BECOMING INCREASINGLY WORRIED AND STRESSED