To my friends:
As you may or may not have noticed over the past month or so, I have been pretty absent from the site. This is because I just started medical school. Going to medical school has been a dream of mine for many years, and now that it is here, it is just as exciting as I expected. I feel like my life is moving in exactly the right direction, and I couldn’t be happier.
Unfortunately, medical school also comes with a special combination of pressures, stresses, and work. Because of the level of commitment expected of me, I haven’t had time to post on Potter’s Army, and I apologize for shirking my duties here. I kept hoping that things would slow up enough for me to get some posting done, but the truth is, things never get slower when you’re going after a really big dream.
So, as you may have guessed by this point, this post is going to be among my last on Potter’s Army. While I have loved this community and still love it, I no longer have the time to be involved as a roleplayer. I have taken so much from Potter’s Army over the years: it improved my writing skills, my creativity, made me laugh, and taught me to think from a perspective that is not my own. And the writers here – I simply cannot say enough thanks. You supported me through some of the toughest times my family went through, sent me both constructive criticism and praise, and made me feel welcome, all without ever meeting me personally. For that, and for so many other things, I am grateful.
It is difficult to say goodbye to something you have been doing for so long – over three years! Can you believe it? – but my priorities need to be with following my dream right now, and that means focusing on my studies and my patients. Who knows, maybe sometime in the future the doctor you see at your appointment or the surgeon operating on you might be me! But even as I say goodbye, I feel very lucky to have known so many people who are so difficult to say goodbye to.
I wish you all the very best. Do what makes you feel alive, love who makes you happy, and dream big. I did, and I couldn’t be more thrilled with where life is taking me
Thank you again, and always,
Amelia