Dear Blog,

Many people are afraid of change, afraid of having their normal routine leave out the window. For me, my CN life took a drastic turn these past few days. From being promoted to Wolf Tracker and South Wind. Both of these changes that I had no past experience in. Me who used to be Deputy East Wind, I always was in foreign affairs. To find myself in charge of newcomers in Aurora Australis & Borealis was a major change of direction for me. At first I was a bit scared that I wasn't the one for the job. Why would I be, I never was one who was good to greet and teach newcomers in the alliance. I barely even talked to the newcomers. I was also preoccupied with masking foreign diplomats and visiting other alliances forums instead of greeting our new members.

I was even called an !@#$%^& by one of the previous members, considering that I barely show 'love' to new members, I understood where that 'insult' so to speak came from. It didn't really hurt me cause I didn't care how the new members looked at me. I was there to do my job and nothing more. My job didn't consist of being nice to newcomers and so I never took the time to appreciate new members. For me, I loved the older members. The clique that had been in the alliance longer then I, the ones who I thought mattered for the alliance survival. Sadly these past few weeks I have seen something I never saw before. A majority of these old members I saw as the essential for the survival of the alliance were showing more and more inactivity on the forums. I tried finding ways of reviving them and making them active on the forums. Nothing seemed to work till I understood the reason. Our forums were not in need of revamps or new games. All they were in need of was fresh blood and fresh blood came from those people who I never cared for. We needed the activity of the small members and the new members coming in. Their ideas were probably what would revive activity upon us. So when I was proposed to take charge of the Aurora Australis program, I was glad to accept it. If I would have been proposed a few weeks ago, I would have said no but considering what I learned. It was my chance to maybe bring positive change to the alliance. Get the new members to stay active and part of our community. Along with the newspaper I was doing for the alliance, my work in the North Wind as Commander and my job as Deputy East Wind. I took these connections to try and find things to do for the younger members. In my time at the East Wind, I had been able to open up an Apprentice Diplomat rank which allowed these new members a chance to earn experience and learn the ways of the East Wind in diplomacy while being supervised.

A few days after my promotion to Wolf Tracker, I was again given a promotion to South Wind. I was now in charge of the Internal Affairs of Aurora Borealis. These promotions were giving me the best of my chances at creating an active community again. Making the boards more interesting and hopefully keep our members active on them. All in all, the wind blows us around and I will not stay furious that I moved away from my comfortable area. Instead I'll take my chances in my new environment and try to make the best out of it. If I fail then I am sure the winds will blow me away just like it blew me in. Changes happen and if we stay furious at these changes then we will miss our new chances. I don't want that happening to me and with this, I leave this blog entry to go and work on new stuff for the South Wind.