For me, real life gets in the way a lot and my participation level drops accordingly. I didn't participate from late 2014 - 2019 (or even buy a single back issue ) being a single dad putting my daughter through college. My priorities shifted, comics and my inteactions here needed to take a back seat for a while. Even now life gets crazy with 2 Patriots games, a wedding and 3 October birthdays over the course of 6 weeks. (Plus keeping my SO from kicking me out of the house for not paying enough attention to her. )