I started playing the game in 2018 and was active until 2020-2022ish until I quite out of boredom. If I recall correctly people around me stopped playing the game and it wasn't fun for me to grind osu! anymore.

I used to farm with DT and later in my career I was grinding leaderboards for fun. I even picked up the ability to play with HDHR

I returned for a brief moment in like 2023-2024 to grind medals and started playing with click x (click with the mouse button and on streams/triples/stacked notes I'd use one of the keyboard keys to alternate), but I stopped playing again.

I returned to this game in 2026 because I felt like it. I followed the scene semi-consistently and as more time passed the more I wanted to return to the game. So in early June of 2026 I reinstalled osu! I still wanna grind medals, but also get cool scores, and get good at EZ and Flashlight.

As of June 2026: My intentions with the game are to first off derust as much as possible and get good at many skill sets the game offers. Play as many old maps as possible, and potentially get a leaderboard score with Flashlight.
July 2026: Relearning low ARs by messing around with the AR setting in McOsu. Relearning hidden by playing maps well withing my comfort zone. Maybe relearn HDHR as well?
With learning low AR on McOsu, I'm also relearning click-x. Also looking into playing all four gamemodes.