Who's the oldest? The wise Windlyn Elder?

[galled]

Now I wonder if there is anyone younger than 18 lol

More than half of Windlyn's staff is 18 and younger.

Seriously? That is kinda awesome actually. It gives me hope for the future of the site...

Yep. Our one and only developer is Diana and she's 18. Pretty amazing I think!

[DemonSeed]

Diana is only 18??

Ok so now I feel like I need to grow up for her sake! Geeze.. I am an immature old fart xD

[galled]

Yep. And half of the mods are still in High School. Why do you feel immature? You perfectly well behaved!

No, seriously, Windlyn is a safe place filled with nice people so you just be yourself no matter what your age. Your age doesn't matter here.

[DemonSeed]

Oh I try to behave. I think it is more that I am up when others are sleeping or I am at work when others are up. It makes me feel all.. Boring.

Then when I get home, I explode all over the threads making up for lost time. xD

[galled]

Oh, I see! Well, your Windlyn friends are from all around the world, so as Einstein said, time is relative!

[MonkeyGirl18]

galled
Really? So basically the majority of the members is older than the staff, lol, which I find kinda weird.

[galled]

There are actually quite a few under 18 that I know of (who are active and semi-active). If you look at overall numbers my guess is your statement would be correct. However, keep in mind that those in HS an JrHS can't be online during the day and during finals, etc., so it appears that the most active ones are indeed older. But I don't know why that's weird. I think it's awesome really. I'd think that most other sites are run by people much older and this perhaps explains why Windlyn is different. Regardless of the ages of our staff and community, I think the site and community speaks volumes for itself. Age does not translate into quality or maturity IMHO.

I look at Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk--all youngers (at least when they started) showing everyone else how it's done. Pretty cool!

[MonkeyGirl18]

I know age doesn't contribute to quality and maturity, I just thought it weird that a lot of active members are older than the staff, lol. I kinda expected a lot more members under 18 to be active in the evenings or whatever.

Idk, I just think that's it's more of the youngest staff of a site I've encountered.

[galled]

Well, there was a time when the majority of Windlyn was overwhelmingly under 18. Think about this: Diana and the mods were 15 and under when they started Windlyn. I bet they were definitely one of the youngest staffs around then. Today, I'm not so sure they're in such rare air so to speak. There are some pretty smart youngers out there. Not to take anything away from Diana et al, but it's a big world full of wonderful things.

[DemonSeed]

God I wish I had the drive to do something like this when I was there age. 15 or 18, I know that when I was that old, I was working a part time job while going to school and I had a boyfriend. It would have been madness for me to try to run a site too.

Then again, when I was their age, all I wanted... Like more then a puppy for christmas, was to be a mod on my sites. Like, Mene was the biggest one, but Gaia would have been amazing too. xD

[MonkeyGirl18]

I had sorta wanted to create my own site but it was stupid and dropped the idea long ago, lol. Now, it's Youtube. xD

[galled]

It think, like all things, it really comes down to passion. If you love it, it'll give you the "drive" to do it. Well, I think to the outside world it comes across as drive (and there is a bit of that in there too), but if you love it, you just do it because you love it.

Aw, Monkey, you're not stupid at all. I think you just haven't found your passion yet. I look at how much you've grown just in the last 6 month and it warms our hearts to see you making things work the way you want. If you want it, go for it!

[MonkeyGirl18]

I just have lots of ideas go through my mind and a lot of them I lose interest in quickly. Man, the only thing I hated about Junior and Senior year in high school was the fact I didn't know what I wanted to do and I felt like I needed to know or else I am doomed to never getting a good paying job, a good career. And then college sometimes get you thinking whether the degree you chose was right or not. I look around at other people and always wonder how they figured out what they wanted to do while I'm still trying to find the perfect career path for me.

[galled]

I think it's really about thinking a little differently. For example, happiness is a choice. It's actually the same for everything where you have a choice. The "perfect" job or career doesn't exist. There are ups and downs, challenges, impossibilities, heartache, as well as pure joy in anything. Nothing will be 100% pure joy or even close to it. But for some people the thought that there is a possibility of such a thing ruins their outlooks.

Another way to look at is selecting the thing that's the least objectionable and focusing on what's good about it. Because that's what people who have made their selection have done (unconsciously perhaps, but focusing on the good and ignoring/pushing aside the bad stuff). Then what's left is diving in with both feet to focus on the best parts and yet still doing your best at the bad stuff. The wonderful thing is if you do it long enough, you'll get good at it. The numbers that have been circulated is it takes 3,000-5,000 hours of doing something to get really good at it. So a big part of it is it's really just a matter of choosing something and sticking with it. You'll get there!

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Sage advice oh wise Windlyn elder!

I suppose the other way to look at who is an elder is to see who has been on Windlyn the longest...that should make them an elder regardless of their age in real life