Happy New Year!

For the upcoming new year, I want to reflect on my goals and what I would like to change. I've been thinking a lot lately about what I want my public presence to be like and how I want to focus on that more. Especially trying to blend in-person things with my online presence. Here are my thoughts so far:

Recently I've made some changes to this website, some for the better and some probably for the worse, but it's very experimental and will change a lot over time. Hopefully with little changes here and there it will eventually settle into how it's supposed to look: clean and digital. I want to focus more on my website and turn it into the hub for Ally happenings. Obviously I make blog posts here, but I want to do more. Once I have the money to do so I'll be posting my stream archives here, and hopefully some shorter-form videos as well. I've been thinking a lot lately about making NSFW content, so I might experiment with that. Check back on my website every once in a while to see if there are any new changes!

Another thing I started putting on my website is my music! There's only one song so far, but hopefully over time I'll start to release more. My goal right now is to make a couple more songs and release them on an EP, and then make 6 or so more songs after that and make a mixtape to share around. You may or may not know, but music is one of my primary passions, way above activism and blogging and all that. I hope to be able to spend some more time doing it this year. My music is posted to all streaming services, but is also mirrored here.

I currently stream once a week and I'd like to be doing that more. Ideally someday I'd be streaming like every other day, but I think for now my next goal is just twice a week. I probably won't start doing that until I get a job (that way I won't have to change my streaming schedule too much), but I hope to start doing it more before the year ends. It would give me an opportunity to mix up what I stream more, such as doing gaming sometimes and then, say, doing stuff in the kitchen or making music at other times. In addition I'm trying to make streaming a better experience with more visual additions and whatnot, but due to higher viewer count lately I've also had to turn down stream quality. Once I have some more spending money (I'm broke rn, please donate if you like to watch me stream!) I'll upgrade my server that way it can handle more viewers at higher quality. 

As far as my blog goes I think it's fine how it is, though I think I should stick to a schedule for posting, maybe post on like the first Monday of the month or something like that, idk. Though I feel like my blog posts have gotten kind of one note, with such a big focus on community building, so I'd like to try and diversify that a little. I could also start doing themed blog posts like album/movie/TV show reviews or something like that. If there's anything you'd like to see me write about then either comment or Contact me about it!

That should about do it for covering my online content. I hope by the end of the year to be doing more, but we'll see how things go. Life is hard to predict.

As far as Bt+ stuff goes, I'm having a hard time at the moment keeping up motivation for it, but I will try my hardest. My long term goal at the moment is to form a strong legal structure, bring in some more board members, and then someday have someone take my position so I can focus on content creation full-time, but that will probably be years down the line so I'm not really planning to do that just yet. There's been a lot going on lately Bt+-related, but I'm committed to keeping it going, no matter how tough it gets. We've made a positive impact and I want to continue doing so. It's just expensive, we've been losing a lot of members, and there's a lot of local drama. But hopefully soon we can get it to be stronger and more self-sufficient. 

As far as other in-person stuff goes I'm not really sure what to do. I went to exist more in public to fight back against misinformation towards Bt+, and also to just establish my existence in Seattle, but I'm not really sure how to do that. This is another thing where if you have any suggestions I'd like to hear them.

2025 was a crazy year. If you had told me that Bt+ would go from a dream to reality I would've thought you were crazy. It's also crazy seeing people mentioning me in blog posts, or writing about my org. Last year was a good year, but I'm committed to making 2026 even better. If I'm honest I'm a bit scared of what this year will bring, but whatever trials and tribulations come my way I know my community has my back.

Happy new year, everyone!