September 2025
I don't plan on committing to posting a review here every month, but September was the month I was the most active on Neocities, and that made me happy.
To be honest, speaking English isn't something that comes naturally to me, and getting along with English speakers has always been tricky because sometimes I just don't understand the tone of their sentences, or I give a completely different meaning to what was said. It makes me insecure and sometimes stops me from interacting with people who don't speak Portuguese.
But September was different. I talked to a lot of cool people and, for the first time, I felt like I was part of the indie web community. It's been nice, and I hope things keep going like this.
Another thing that made me super happy was changing my site layout and finally feeling like it represents me and my vibe. It really feels like I found my style, and I'm satisfied with it.
Outside Neocities, I wanted to do a lot of things but ended up doing literally none. I've been so lazy lately, even with my hobbies, and found myself stuck in endless boredom.
I played a lot of The Sims. Honestly, that's what kept my brain the most occupied. When I wasn't playing, I was either watching Sims videos or downloading custom content. But I kinda lost motivation, not gonna lie.
I've been hesitant to go back and finish my Legacy Challenge, but I feel like I need to do it just to prove to myself that I can. I never know how to keep myself excited about a game, if I play multiple ones at once, I can't finish any, but if I stick to just one, I get bored after a few hours.
Anyway, I'm planning to play Pokémon Black because Pokémon is one of the few interests that never really fades for me.
Oh, I don't remember if I mentioned this, but I've been playing Haikyu!! Fly High on my phone, and my boyfriend, who used to hate volleyball and Haikyu!!, actually got interested in watching the anime, so we started it together.
I had forgotten how much I love the characters and how magical it was the first time I watched it. Kageyama is one of my all-time favorite characters, so seeing him again after years really hit me in the brain.
Anyway, back to the game: I got Atsumu, and he made my team way better.
Hmm... another fun thing was the new Monster flavor that came out here in Brazil (not sure if it's Brazil-exclusive though, whatever): Rio Punch. I tried it and it's super good, but the original (the black one) is still my fave.
At the end of the month, I had my exam week at college, and I did well on all of them. I didn't study as much as I should've, but it was still enough to get good grades.
Looking at the pics I took during the month, I remembered that at the very beginning of September, the moon turned red, and my crappy iPhone 11 actually managed to take a somewhat decent photo of it.
The end of the year always makes me kinda anxious because I'm scared of the unknown and what might happen next year, so this year isn't any different.
But I'm trying not to hold onto that fear so much and just let things happen naturally. I really need to learn that I can't control everything, and sometimes that's not even a bad thing.
