Newcomer punch card / Confessions of being a week late

Although there are not many articles published, I also made a website for everyone to view and record for themselves:

https://sites.google.com/view/witchl/

The following five questions are asked and answered by themselves, to sort out and share my own mental journey in Matt City.

1. Why didn't the newcomer check in on the first day?

Because at first I just wanted to come quietly, and then go quietly(?) In fact, I just thought that this was another platform for writing articles, and I didn’t expect much response. The mentality of leaving, but I didn’t expect that the first article would be able to get comments from citizens to share ideas. I was really happy when I received a reply. Thanks @huye’s internship log willing to be the first to write an essay on my first article / Regarding the interaction with me in the plan , I felt a sense of letting go of my guard at that time. I felt that this was a big community with love, not just me chatting. Therefore, I also wanted to leave a message when I saw new people posting. Cheer them on (let the love pass on?).

2. Why come to Matt City?

I want to write something, even if it's everyday, that can leave a little memory. When I was in college, several of my good friends had the habit of writing essays, and even wrote doujinshi for sale at comic exhibitions. At that time, I thought they were so good, and I thought about writing something by hand, but because my writing was not very good. OK, no more text. It was probably this time last year. I stayed in Fangzi for half a month and shared some of my own creations (there were only about ten articles), but because the interaction rate of Fangzi was too low at that time, it took too much brainpower. I didn't get much feedback, which made me a little frustrated when I first wrote the article, and then I half gave up because I started working in my career. I started to study for a master's degree in January this year. Because I only have the final dissertation stage of my studies, and there are some triggers in my life, I want to say whether I should start all over again, so I started to look for a suitable platform, and then I found Matt City.

I still have some demands on myself. First, what I want is "I've been here and I've left something behind". Those "whats" may not be too important to some people, so they can do whatever they want. But it's meaningful to me because it allows me to express my other self, and it's an outlet for ideas that have never been told to others. Second, coming here can be regarded as forcing yourself to practice writing and organize your own thoughts! In the case of interaction with others, there is more motivation to write articles, and some people may also find that my thoughts are actually more jumping and a little divergent (it is easier to see in the daily series), so in the process of writing, I also constantly I am revising and inquiring about my true inner thoughts.

3. How do you feel about Matt City these days?

I am more optimistic. Although the city seems to be not very calm recently, I still believe that this is a platform for people to continue to create. Although the clapping is really a thing that people love and hate, I sometimes care too much about the number of clapping. But think about it because the goals at this stage are mainly to let myself do more things (so that I won't be too bored abroad to think about things every day) and to hone and hone my writing, and sharing makes me feel interesting, Meaningful things, these all make me feel more contributing and rewarding than clapping or being clapped. Also, for me, I can write my feelings here. Although it is a bit like social media, it is much more comfortable than the public scrutiny of social media. After a week of observation, most of the interactions are very friendly and active. I think this is the right place for me (I used to pick up my phone to read Facebook, now I just swipe to Matt City and read other people's articles if I have something to do).

4. After coming to Matt, have you noticed any changes in yourself?

I found that I was more willing to interact with people. In fact, I am always the last person to reply in the Line group, and Facebook is not in operation, but is just a long grass. I am a type that does not like social interaction. But after a few days, I found that everyone was very friendly. Without forcing myself, when I saw articles that I liked or had in-depth content, I was more willing to take the initiative to communicate with other authors. It feels like everyone is mutually beneficial (forgive me for not being able to think of a good word). I also want to thank everyone who has interacted with me and encouraged me. I think maybe I am a bit of a self-confident, contradictory and hypocritical type. Whenever there is any message or clapping, I can feel moved by affirmation. , gave me a little more confidence. So, please forgive my selfish desire not to let people I know know on social media that I write in Matt City, and make it a place that only those who want to create can find.

5. What would you like to say to other citizens?

I have gained a lot of knowledge and different ideas and viewpoints from the citizens. In one week, I found a lot of good articles worth reading and thinking, and I met @MiSa and @Danielson who are also in European countries now. In the kingdom of fairy tales, Denmark,@wig pen, @felixia British life bits and pieces, people are super nice, talking or drawing can also be cute @is a rabbit and a cat, @Carol.W, @ 星光光, so I can write about the daily life of my children @Cai Yanqiu ( I really like the metaphors you use when talking to them, I never thought about them), always respond to my comments very seriously @ Time has been passing, and there are many more citizens who have interacted with me, thank you all for making me feel warm.

Coming to Matt City, the timing of joining was just in chaos, but after the worst moment, there should be no worse! After all, everyone has been figuring out better ways for Matt City to promote the ethos of writing. Also, because of the reopening of the earliest version of the Civic Liker Classic, I was a little persuaded by the heated discussions in the past few days and wanted to contribute, so I officially joined the Civic Liker Classic today. Difficult, as long as there is a card at hand (although I don't quite understand how it works, I clearly take the same amount, but some people have more and some people have very few Likes)! For me, 5 US dollars a month is only 3.68 pounds in pounds. It just so happens that my parents can't control my expenses when I am abroad. I just need to eat a little less, but I don't want to be hungry.

The above is my observation and confession of Matt City for a week. If you see you here and see that my article is good, please interact with me to leave a message, clap, and follow me. I will be very happy. (The previous article is also welcome to go back and read and clap your hands and leave a message!)