Tylacto · @Tylacto
13th Nov 2020 from TwitLonger
Life Update
Hi,
This is a bit strange for me to write but I figured to save explaining to everyone who is confused over time where I’ve been etc. that this might be for the best.
Following completing my Physics degree in summer, I had initially tried getting back into playing RL competitively as I was excited to have considerable free time again. Understandable pressure from living at home to get a ‘real’ job picked up, though thankfully TLR with Sebadam and BoySchool were great but with my inconsistent home internet dampening both results and motivation, that eventually came to a close.
Conceding defeat in terms of playing I took the realistic option and achieved a scholarship to teach Science in a secondary school. That was when things began going downhill for me. Whilst the pay was understandably great which is what sadly mattered in my situation now, the effect it was having on my mental health was not. Perhaps it was too soon after being a student and doing work in my own timeframe, but whilst I enjoyed the teaching itself it was buried under so much stress from the workload, paperwork and covid situation. After working until dinner I would spend my few free hours of the day worrying and deliberating over what I needed to do and teach tomorrow. The night would then finish with me browsing the Rocket League community I had left behind on my phone and this was particularly painful. I did not want to talk about it openly but this stress and anxiety only built over the two months. I wish I was stronger and just buckled up with a better mindset somehow but I was finding so little enjoyment in my day to day routine that I finally deferred out, and hated myself for many days for the decision. Understandably this was really not approved family-wise but the positive from this is that forced me to hit the ground running.
Whilst I’m proud to have shown I still have competent ability through qualifying for Fall Regional 1 with Holy Cow! on literally zero practise, it’s become clear that my value lies elsewhere. You may have noticed me streaming and casting consistently and this is what I intend to do going forward. I’m happy to say that you will see announcement(s) over the coming days/weeks and that no matter what I will continue to cast, stream, coach and practise as I owe it to all of you reading as well as myself to do something that I truly enjoy and put everything into.
Thanks
tl;dr- Finished university, went straight into teaching at secondary school, became a complete mental mess, coming back to Rocket League permanently to cast, stream and coach full time, all support appreciated.