Hiya! I want to make 2023 my year to make new friendships who share similar interests to me, so here goes!

I live about an hour outside of Melbourne and am quite anxious. I get stressed about a lot of things, and I have a hard time meeting new people. Now that I’m no longer studying at high school or university, and with covid lockdowns, I have drifted away from most of my friends. I have a couple of close friends and my boyfriend, but I would really like some more, especially ones that are local.

I don’t want to make this a ridiculously long post, since I never seem to get the effort returned or it can be a bit overwhelming to respond to, which I totally understand. My interests include reading (fantasy, romance, manga, erotica), watching anime, writing stories (I hope to be an author one day), animals, worldbuilding, bullet journalling (skipped last year but hoping to make a comeback with it this year) and K-pop. My current read is A Court of Thorns and Roses and the last TV series I watched is Shadow and Bone, while my favourite anime/manga is The Rising of the Shield Hero. I would also love to delve into the world of Dungeons and Dragons one day, if I ever find someone I’m comfortable enough around to play with and teach me the ropes. If you’re an Australian and follow AFL, I’m also into that, though when it comes to playing actual sports I’m completely useless.

A little bit about my personality - I’m creative, patient, considerate, altruistic and love to have a laugh. It can take me a while to open up to people due to some past experiences I have had, but once I feel comfortable around people I become bubbly and loud. Ideally I would like to find some friends that I eventually trust and feel comfortable enough to voice call, and perhaps even meet in person one day. I need people that can be patient in return, too, as my conversation skills are not the greatest and sometimes I don’t know what to say. But also please don't judge me or start a conversation with me on my conversation skills - I'm here to make friends, not to attend a lecture or motivational speech. My MBTI is INFJ, which is apparently the rarest personality type of all sixteen of them, just for that little bit of extra information!

I also love video games. I currently really only play Genshin Impact due to the fact I work full time and am juggling my other hobbies as well. My favourite Genshin characters are Kaeya, Kokomi, Itto, Kazuha and Ayaka, and I play on the American server. I have a Nintendo Switch which I haven’t played in a while, but would love more people to play with. I have a few Pokémon games, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Splatoon 3 and more. I just purchased Pokemon Violet and really should sit down to play it!

Anyway, that’s enough about me! I’m sure I’ve bored you enough, but if you’d read this far then please know how much I appreciate it! Please ensure that if you do message me, you know this is purely platonic, friendship interactions that I am searching for and I'm not comfortable meeting in person immediately.

Hope to hear from some of you soon, but either way I hope you have a lovely day/evening wherever you are.

P.S. I typically prefer to use Discord after chatting on here initially to get to know each other. And for extra bonus points, if you made it all the way to the end, include the word hyacinth in your message somewhere 🙂