I Miss People

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:01:43 +0000

If there's one thing I miss about Twitch whenever I take a break from it, it's the people – other streamers and viewers that I have gotten to know over the last couple years. I genuinely enjoy interacting with them and I miss those interactions.

They are, of course, no substitute from “real-life” interactions with family, friends, and others. But I'd like to think that at least a few of my Twitch friends are authentically themselves online and that we'd get along swimmingly if we were ever to meet in real life. I once met in-person with a streamer friend of mine and, though our time together was brief, I felt like we could have talked for days.

I also recently left a Discord server I had been a part of for about five years and, while leaving was absolutely the right decision for me, I do miss interacting with many folks there, too.

So I think I just need to find other ways to interact with people around shared interests. Probably in real life, if I can.

There's always a risk with relationships and human connection. People will let you down. They will hurt you. Yet we need people. And good people and good relationships can make the risk worth it.

I've been thinking about picking up the clarinet again and getting into a local music group – a concert band or orchestra, maybe?

Or maybe trying to start a local club or group around an interest of mine. A Linux user group? A minimal tech group?

I dunno. I just think I need friends in my local area. I know many good people from church, but I don't really communicate or get together with any of them regularly outside of church meetings and functions.

I'm just being reminded that Twitch has not only been a fun creative outlet, it's been a social outlet for the past couple years, as well.

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