• waxing: what is your proudest accomplishment?

Encouraging some people to create and document the stories at least of what they have heard in order to help build a collection of folklore that people can refer to and keep in mind over the years. It was one of my private actions to try and encourage and be a listening ear to those involved in that process. 

[Uh. I guess being rewarded for my work in trying to make my grad school at least somewhat more comfortable for other students and keeping an organization alive that might have otherwise went underground for a few years. ]

• waning: what is your biggest regret?

Not feeling able to actually intervene more on the behalf of the people. There are those that might believe I should have – but…it really wouldn’t have been my place. And so I felt the best things I could do was assist those who were suffering whenever I could. 
I do regret that the people have had to undergo so much pain over the years. I wouldn’t wish that on most if I could help it. 

[….Maybe not getting help for mental issues earlier. Maybe trying to go off meds as a teen because I thought they were no longer actually doing their job.]