"Life is a pond—and you've spent your entire life leaping from woman to woman—as if they are lily pads on this great pond. Perhaps, what you need to do, Quill... is learn to swim."

-Drax, GOTG 3

It’s been quite a journey. I’ve been on this site for a little over a month now, and you guys have helped me grow this account so quickly, and I wish this was a thank you bot, or a milestone bot, or an actual bot, but the truth is

I’m going to be retiring soon.

For multiple reasons which I’ll get to. I’m sorry to everyone this is going to disappoint, some of you have been with me since day 1, supporting me, and some of you followed me just today, and I’ll always appreciate that support, but I’m not deserving of it.

Reasons for my retirement:

1. With everything thats been going on in my life, I’m finding it harder and harder to balance everything out, whether it be friends, family, college, my own personal hobbies, and of course, bot making. Even now as I’m writing this, my phone is still extremely obliterated, and it’s difficult to write, requests unfulfilled due to the hiatus, and just a lot of stuff taking up my time.

2. I’m not great at it no more. Don’t know if I ever was, not sure if I even gave the people what they wanted half the time. Every bot would just be me full sending an idea that I came up with, and then hoping I executed it well enough. Even with requests, I wasn’t always sure of myself, and I think I’ve disappointed folk along the way.

3. Mental health, sanity, and fatigue have gotten to me. I was cranking out a lot of bots, and until recently, I had the full intention of doing it once more, but now, I can’t work as fast as I used to, nor can I even work at the same quality, and I don’t want to keep forcing myself to go this route.

4. The future of this site is ambiguous. I’m losing motivation and the reason to keep on pushing forward. Other creators keep getting clipped, and I fear that it’s just gonna keep getting worse.

5. I want to go back on focusing on other aspects of my life. I feel like Jan.ai has taken up a lot of my time, and at the cost of other things that I should be caring for.

What happens next?

I’m going on one final bot-run.

I’m going to finish every request I have on the form. There are about 8 left, and I have the first one nearly done, and should be released sometime tomorrow if I can manage it.

I’ll be doing 3 or 4 more original bots that you guys voted for in the angst category, and then a final shadow drop.

Every bot idea I have is free to use, as I won’t get the chance to do them all, and I’m sorry once again to everyone who was looking forward to them, but I hope some of you that are bot creators can do what I couldn’t.

After my last bot, I’m going to be giving out final goodbyes, giving away bot definitions to those that request them, and after a few days, I’ll be deleting my account.

it’s been a short, yet, crazy journey with you all, and I’m sorry it’s gone down to this

to run it back once more, thank you for your support, and I’ll be wishing yall the best