Introduction

Hello and salutations to those who have stumbled upon my blog and let me first say that I am a transgender woman who will be taking the steps of shedding my male body for a more feminine one. If this is something you are uncomfortable with then please feel free to turn back; but if you are a curious sort and would like to learn more then please feel free to ask. I don't feel like I will be getting a lot of people on this blog, but this section seems like it would be worth it.

So a bit about myself is that I am in my late 20s currently residing in the American North just a few miles away from Canada in the land that is Michigan. Currently married with no kids in which my wife also knows of my wanting to transition and has become quite accepting of it. I really could not have asked for a better spouse in this period of my life. As I begin to look more into transitioning I have begun to notice things in my life that I have wanted to change. Stuff that once had brought me joy no longer seems to; but things that never did now seems to hold a special place in my heart.

I was once an avid gamer playing almost 7-8 hours a day basically it had become a full time job for me despite having one as well. Now it seems that my love of living in the fantasy realm is drawing to a clothes at least in the digital age and I have begun to move back toward the world outdoors and that in the printed book. This is where the title of the blog comes into place, which I must confess actually came about due to a site called NoFap. Basically helping those getting over masturbation and pornography addiction. Another user had told me about keeping a journal and well today I decided I would make a blog about a wide array of topics rather than just logging in and talking about how I didn't self-discover that day.

So A Time Before Machines is basically getting back to the way things were before I discovered a game controller. Using my imagination while reading a book, playing outside and generally enjoying the company of other human beings. Now given the area I am in and what I am currently going through with my life some of that just won't happen to which I understand; but I would rather get back to a life in which I found enjoyment in myself and those around me rather than sitting alone just watching a screen. So this will be a catalog of sorts of my daily actives. I'm sure there are some days where I will slip up and miss a post and others it may just be pictures from around the area but ultimately I just want to showcase what life can be like without all the technology.

-Jirah