After 16 years of being on DeviantART, I have decided to delete almost all my previous journal entries. Due to the recent political and social climates online, I no longer feel comfortable having so much of my past so open to the public. I have saved them for my own use, but they will be kept private, which most of them should likely have been kept regardless. I am also seriously considering deleting all my art (after saving it. Again.) and reuploading only those pieces I feel confident in. I have been thinking and praying about this for a few years now, but 2020 being what it is, it's sealed the decision for me. I'm leaving my very first journal post up for personal reasons. I've grown and changed a great deal over the past sixteen years, but I'd like to maintain some kind of connection to the girl I was before, when I started here. While it would be worlds easier to simply delete this one and start over (which I did consider, very strongly), there are several connections